"At one point, Linux would send some broken packets that took down all of the Sun machines on the network. As it was difficult to get the Sun kernel fixed, Linux was banned from the university network until its bug was fixed. Not having Usenet access from one's desk is a great motivator."
Very steep often get so frustrated at times like the simplest things just won’t work
For example I was trying to use blockstream green on my Linux laptop and my computer could not locate my Jade wallet. No clue why it wouldn’t detect it
For desktop I haven’t. I only use my windows machine when I need files of it or need to use Google chrome for something. I realized I don’t need to be a CLI master to enjoy Linux. PopOS works fine
After finishing the game, Linus started learning Intel assembly language. One day he showed me a program that did multitasking. One task or thread would write a stream of the letter "A" on the screen, the other "B"; the context switches were visually obvious when the stream of As became Bs. This was the first version of what would later become known as the Linux kernel.
And I did the same when was learning x86 protected mode and tried to do multitasking in assembler (was lucky in 1990s to randomly buy book in Russian [because programming books in English were more expensive back in the day in Latvia] about assembler, which had three parts - assembler for beginners, floating point stuff and protected mode).
Linux, computer operating system created in the early 1990s by Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds and the Free Software Foundation (FSF). While still a student at the University of Helsinki, Torvalds started developing Linux to create a system similar to MINIX, a UNIX operating system.
"At one point, Linux would send some broken packets that took down all of the Sun machines on the network. As it was difficult to get the Sun kernel fixed, Linux was banned from the university network until its bug was fixed. Not having Usenet access from one's desk is a great motivator."
:)
Foreshadowing how responsible disclosures will be handled by some parties
Starting my Linux journey. Hard to do after so many years on windows
You can do it bro. The learning curve is a little steep but the benefits are enormous.
Very steep often get so frustrated at times like the simplest things just won’t work
For example I was trying to use blockstream green on my Linux laptop and my computer could not locate my Jade wallet. No clue why it wouldn’t detect it
How's it been? Have you migrated back to windows since?
For desktop I haven’t. I only use my windows machine when I need files of it or need to use Google chrome for something. I realized I don’t need to be a CLI master to enjoy Linux. PopOS works fine
And I did the same when was learning x86 protected mode and tried to do multitasking in assembler (was lucky in 1990s to randomly buy book in Russian [because programming books in English were more expensive back in the day in Latvia] about assembler, which had three parts - assembler for beginners, floating point stuff and protected mode).
I'm glad I found this story in the related section. I love internet archaeology.
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Dang man, I've been doing it wrong this whole time
Linux, computer operating system created in the early 1990s by Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds and the Free Software Foundation (FSF). While still a student at the University of Helsinki, Torvalds started developing Linux to create a system similar to MINIX, a UNIX operating system.
I spent a lot of time playing Prince of Persia in 1990s too. And later was coding my own hobby OS too.
Damn, I would have totally missed that link from HN if my bot didn't post this here.
Very interesting read.