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    [–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Except, if I want that experience again I can just go back to Slackware.

    [–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

    I installed Slackware from 24 floppies I downloaded from a Volkerdings personal server, because I didn't have a CD ROM. I installed using documentation printed on a dot matrix printer that was versions out of date.. It took a day to compile a kernel. I've had to manually patch drivers (3c509 baaabyyy).

    I dreamed about a future where I never had to do that again. Arch pisses me off.

    [–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Ah the old vortex boomerang. That takes me back.
    I admit I did sometimes enjoy a good kernel panic with the Aeeeiiiiiiiii scream in the text. When I was expecting it.