Reminiscing Old School Linux 539
t14m4t writes "While the Linux experience has improved dramatically over the years (remember the days of Kernel version 2.0? or even 1.2?), Tech Republic revisits some of the more-fondly-remembered artifacts of the Linux of years past. From the article: 'Of all the admin tools I have used on Linux, the one I thought was the best of the best was linuxconf. From this single interface, you could administer everything — and I mean EVERYTHING — on your Linux box. From the kernel on up, you could take care of anything you needed. With the dumbing down of the Linux operating system (which was actually a necessity for average user acceptance), tools like this have disappeared. It’s too bad. An admin tool like this was ideal for serious administrators and users.'"
Re:I remember a friend racking up a huge phone bil (Score:4, Funny)
Horrendous international calling fees.
I fondly remember a $1700 bill. And the shit I went through to pay it. Working double shifts and shit.
Re:Old School (Score:5, Funny)
"On behalf of the many gentoo, arch, and slackware users"
What versions of Ubuntu are THOSE? (runs)
oh god.. my ego... it might burst (Score:4, Funny)
I'm probably the person on slashdot who has used linux the longest... yes, redhat goes all the way back to 5.2. I remember learning about NAT when splitting the ethernet with a Y jack didnt get me two internets (i expected a little fade, was all.) Radioshack didnt sell Ethernet signal boosters at the time.
I always get a little upset when someone tells me they are "an expert" at linux, and then tell me they use an old distro full of security holes. A modern ubuntu is going to have way better security because it's new. Further, older linux kernels actually cause damage to the internet with trace levels of malignant packets, from protocols days gone by. http 1.0 is a common example of this, consider the fleets of cloud servers running web 2.0 that have to strain with a hefty http 1.0 connection from a netscrape 4.0 web browser on linux 5.0.
I am glad that threads like this raise awareness ... I just hope that some people reading this post realize that, even though they have been a linux user for 25, 30 years, that maybe just maybe they missed a few boats on the way. Most experts are not even running 2.6 kernels yet, which support IPv6 router advertisements. These RAs, as they are called, will configure the new Internet rapidly and I pray linux experts are not left in the dust when they dont get their autoconf info.
Re:oh god.. my ego... it might burst (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Old School (Score:5, Funny)
On behalf of the many gentoo, arch, and slackware users, I'd like to point out that "old school Linux" is alive and well and more capable than ever, thanks.
Slackware is old school. Gentoo is ricer.
Re:Old School (Score:5, Funny)
What versions of Ubuntu are THOSE?
Re-compilin' Ricer, Distro Du-Jour and Configuration Clusterfuck, respectively.
Re:"Dumbing Up" (Score:4, Funny)
Lynx? You pussy. I use wget and parse the HTML with my *eyes* cos I'm so hard and cool and geeky, so git awf my lawn you nancy-boy and prance around with your new iPad somewhere else.
Eeeh, nobbut like when I were young though, I used tut paper cards and tape... Eee, it were grand!
Re:what? linuxconf? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Nostalgia ain't what it used to be (Score:5, Funny)
It seems like Linux is just as good as MS Windows these days. Too bad. I liked it when Linux was an improvement over MS Windows.
Really? Windows improved that much? Maybe I should give it a try. Do you still have to type "win" at the prompt after booting up?
Re:Linuxconf is oldschool linux? (Score:5, Funny)
Small primes are even better.