The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDocumenting the descent into madnessmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up11.35Karrow-down131file-text
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1imageDocumenting the descent into madnessmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square190fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·30 days agoThat’s exactly what I did in the late 90s/early 2000s. Never regretted it. Try getting Linux to run on a 486 w/4MB RAM and a 40MB hard drive. You tend to learn a lot while getting the most out of that.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoGetting the machine running was cake, getting online through dialup after that was the real pain :)
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·30 days agoOh, it had Ethernet, but it was with an AUI port.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 days agoHoney, break out the arc net adapters. It’s going to be a long night.
That’s exactly what I did in the late 90s/early 2000s. Never regretted it.
Try getting Linux to run on a 486 w/4MB RAM and a 40MB hard drive. You tend to learn a lot while getting the most out of that.
Getting the machine running was cake, getting online through dialup after that was the real pain :)
Oh, it had Ethernet, but it was with an AUI port.
Honey, break out the arc net adapters. It’s going to be a long night.