Explore the rise and fall of these groundbreaking Linux systems, and how their legacies live on.

While some Linux distros have stood the test of time, others have fallen by the wayside, remembered only by their users.

Nothing lasts forever, not even operating systems. This article will take a look at some distros that offered some innovative features, but for one reason or another, aren’t available anymore.

  • Excel@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The Screen Savers also got me on Mandrake, and I also (accidentally) nuked my Windows, except I didn’t have any way to re-install Windows, so just had to raw-dog it. T_T

    I remember that damn Mandrake installer, with the shitty TUI popups and you had to go through like 900 prompts asking all kinds of arcane BS, and it took over an hour. “Do I want to enable rwhod and ypbind? Uh… yeah, I totally know what those are…”.

    • rozodru@pie.andmc.caEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I remember my Dad telling me “you should call into Call for Help and get Leo Laporte to walk us through this” it was like 10pm at night and I’m like “Dad, it’s a show, he’s not always available on the phone at any given moment”.