elfahor@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhat are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux?message-squaremessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux?elfahor@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square177fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePapamousse@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up25·10 months agoIt was free, I could not afford a Sun workstation and Minix had problems, so when this Finnish guy wrote in Usenet that he was working on a free kernel/OS, it was cool!
minus-squareCpo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThe biggest bonus to the democratic world stems from just one individual. And the rest of the world believing in his idea. So never say that just you cannot make a difference in this world. Because you can!
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months ago386BSD was a thing back then too, but there was the AT&T lawsuit that scared everyone away. That gave Linux an opportunity.
It was free, I could not afford a Sun workstation and Minix had problems, so when this Finnish guy wrote in Usenet that he was working on a free kernel/OS, it was cool!
Same!
The biggest bonus to the democratic world stems from just one individual. And the rest of the world believing in his idea.
So never say that just you cannot make a difference in this world.
Because you can!
386BSD was a thing back then too, but there was the AT&T lawsuit that scared everyone away. That gave Linux an opportunity.