[TriLUG] Fwd: Organize a Debian Birthday party in your city

[Paul Boyle]

My first Linux download was the SLS distribution based on kernel version
0.99pl4 (maybe SLS 1.0?).  I don't remember the exact year; probably 1993
or 1994.  I remember staying up all night downloading the floppy disk
sets at approximately 1 Kb/sec.  It booted OK.  I ported a bunch of
crystallographic (scientific) software using f2c and gcc.  I was sold, and
have used Linux for my scientific (and other) computing needs ever since.

I wrote this http://xray.chem.ncsu.edu/linux.cryst.html in 1994 to
encourage other crystallographers to start using Linux.

I have to admit I felt great satisfaction in those early days customizing
the configuration of my kernels, compiling and booting them. Never compiled
a kernel which didn't boot.  :-)
Paul
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:05 PM, John Mitchell <john280z at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > > Has anyone in the club been using Linux for 19yrs?
> >
>
>    My Yggdrasil Floppy & CD are the Fall 1993 set.
>
> :)
>
> john mitchell
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Paul D. Boyle
Director, X-ray Structural Facility
Department of Chemistry - Box 8204
North Carolina State University
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