[olug] nostalgia

[Jordan Wilberding]

I still have my 5-pack of cds from walnut creek that cost 10 bucks, I
couldn't believe it could be so cheap :)

Jordan Wilberding

On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 17:12, Sean Edwards wrote:
> Does anyone else remember measuring kernel compile
> time in  week-ends, arguing with clueless ISP support
> techs about CHAP and PAP password info, fighting with
> Winmodems and Winprinters, killing that brand new 17"
> monitor (15.x" viewable) with a bad XF86 config file,
> using FIPS to partition a live hard drive, convincing
> some hardware tech support that you ARE using a PC but
> NOT Windows, and waiting for the mailman to bring your
> latest distro on CD from Walnut Creek?
> 
> Ah, those were the days!
> 
> -=Sean=- 
> 
> --- Jordan Wilberding <diginux at diginux.net> wrote:
> > I remember reading something like this with redhat
> > 5.2 I think as well.
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 16:59, Sean Edwards wrote:
> > > Still close enough to be slightly frightening.
> > > 
> > > -=Sean=-
> > > 
> > > --- Brian Roberson <roberson at olug.org> wrote:
> > > > oops - not 3, 2 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 04:45:54PM -0500, Brian
> > > > Roberson wrote:
> > > > > 3
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 02:38:08PM -0700, Sean
> > > > Edwards wrote:
> > > > > > That sounds very familiar.  Was it a
> > Sackware 4
> > > > CD?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -=Sean=-
> > > > > > 
> > > > >
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