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GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by boredemployee »

There was a game from that Red Hat era that I loved so much, I **think** it was in Red Hat in that same period. It was a really simple adventure game in 2d, you could play in a window after typing/entering startx. But can't remember the name, I was 12 and it seems today like I dreamt about the game lol.

Would appreciate if anyone remembers it!

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by marcodiego »

boredemployee wrote: post #21

There was a game from that Red Hat era that I loved so much, I **think** it was in Red Hat in that same period. It was a really simple adventure game in 2d, you could play in a window after typing/entering startx. But can't remember the name, I was 12 and it seems today like I dreamt about the game lol. Would appreciate if anyone remembers it!

Sure! How about a description?

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by whitehexagon »

I seem to recall my first RH install/live demo, was a cover disc from one of the comp mags at the time. I guess these days the disc would just have an unlock code for a vast download, followed by another vast download to update.

>From switching on, I can get to the 1998 GNOME desktop in two to three seconds, whereas with a recent kernel and KDE it takes thirty

This is what I miss. I remember installing my first SSD and thinking thank goodness I am back down to 6s boot times, but it didnt last long. Although Asahi on my M1 is feels just about fast enough that I do a complete shutdown after each use.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by boredemployee »

marcodiego wrote: post #22
boredemployee wrote: post #21

There was a game from that Red Hat era that I loved so much, I **think** it was in Red Hat in that same period. It was a really simple adventure game in 2d, you could play in a window after typing/entering startx. But can't remember the name, I was 12 and it seems today like I dreamt about the game lol. Would appreciate if anyone remembers it!

Sure! How about a description?

It looks like Lode Runner, but even more simple as I remember. Not sure if it came together with KDE. So long ago.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by mattl »

innerHTML wrote: post #14
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #2

Red Hat Linux on the family PC in the 90's changed the course of my life.

can I ask how it has changed the course of your life? I've deen daily driving Ubuntu with KDE for about 2 years now. it's been great and I've had a lot of fun exploring things and learning the GNU tools in particular. I've been interested in contributing to some projects but that hasn't been very accessible so far.

I got my PC in 1996, replacing my 1990 Amstrad CPC. I was contributing to free software projects a little over a year or so later, working full time customizing free software in house by 2001, made a short film about GNU in 2007 and a consultant at the FSF by 2008.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by _0xdd »

Good times. My first Linux distribution was a copy of RH 6.1 that my parents bought me from OfficeMax. They weren’t too thrilled when I nuked the MBR on our family’s Windows 98 box, but they’ve subsequently benefitted from nearly 30 years of free tech support haha. Took me another year or so before I finally got X working on our Dell laptop, because I had to install a patched X server to work with its Rage Mobility graphics card. I remember thinking that my keyboard was broken because `su` didn’t echo my password back out to the console. We all have to start somewhere, and the manuals that came with that install were priceless to me.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by ddingus »

liendolucas wrote: post #10

I remember this era. It was Slackware, Caldera, TurboLinux, Mandrake and lots of hours with `./configure; make && make install` executions, reading Linux magazines and big fat books on getting it up and running (losing "precious" data in the process as well). Seeing scary fsck messages when booting up a PC that wasn't properly shutdown. I also remember that there was WinLinux 2000 for those who where scared having a…

Great skill building times!

I bought Redhawks 5.2 or .3 in the big box, bought the Linux Bible and went to town.

Was running Sgi IRIX full time back then. When Linux booted, I had two thoughts!

(Glances at spiffy Sgi Indigo Magic Desktop)

1) Hoo Boy, we have a long way to go

, and

2) YES, a lot is possible today!

Good times.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by marcodiego »

boredemployee wrote: post #25
marcodiego wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure! How about a description?

It looks like Lode Runner, but even more simple as I remember. Not sure if it came together with KDE. So long ago.

Any more information than that? Abuse?
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