[olug] nostalgia

[Sam Tetherow]

CDs, bah, real men downloaded the floppies!

I'm pretty sure I got a 6 disc set somewhere, and if I dug around in the 
garage I could probably find a floppy distribution, although once found 
the wife would probably make me throw it out :)

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!
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>-=Sean=- 
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