Slackware was my first as well. You really learned Linux using it. I probably rebuilt that drive a dozen times because I’d bork something and it was easier to reinstall than it was to figure out how I broke it in some new novel way.
Also not having a phone to look stuff up and having to rely on looking stuff up in books was hell now that I think of it.
I started with SuSE 5 and it came with a book. I think it started with something like: “Don’t panic! You can do this!”
It was rough at first, but once I got into it I was hooked.
Curious if you’re still rocking suse today?
Nah I went over to camp Debian for a long time, switched when Debian Potato was released. Then when Debian kinda stalled I was lured into Ubuntu because they had the latest and greatest. I know it isn’t the cool choice these days, but I have stuck with Ubuntu ever since.
I dug around in old boxes and found the book!
Can I get this kind of book but for Mint?
A quick search says yes. That said, I haven’t read the book and don’t use mint. I feel like mint doesn’t need is own book, there are plenty of books on linux as a whole that are probably better.
If you want the book pictured: Isbn-10 194985714x
Spelling DOS as DoS is either a cunning joke or one heck of a Freudian slip.
thank you. I stopped immediately right there and my brain went into fast forward to think of why some madperson had spelled DOS as DoS.
AI? . . . It means something else?? . . . no, it’s gotta be AI. Or is it on purpose? just to fuck with us? . . . Why?!! Arrgh
Maybe a typo. I usually just hold down shift for shorter acronyms rather than use CapsLock. But sometimes my muscle memory screws up and I press down the shift separate per letter. Probably a habit from phone keyboard (sticky shift key).
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I remapped my CapsLock key to Escape. The only time I ever hit CapsLock was a mistake, so this works out a lot better… and yes, I’m a Vim user so having that Escape close by saves my pinky.
Yes, there’s dozens of us!
Dozens!
