Free Software Magazine: Instant GNU/Linux Time Machine

“You never forget your first.

“Whether it’s your first car, or your first significant other,
or your first day of college, they say you never forget your first.
That’s not always true, of course, but I do remember my first:
Softlanding Linux Systems, one of the earliest GNU/Linux
distributions, and progenitor of the Slackware distribution. It
came on a few dozen floppy images, and took forever to install.

“Jump into the Astonishing GNU/Linux Time Machine, and via the
magic of qemu and iBiblio, you too can experience the earliest days
of GNU/Linux. It’ll only take an hour. I’ll have you back by
supper…”

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