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1. _white+p2
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2024-01-22 19:56:15
>>mroche+(OP)
I feel like such a greybeard now... I remember when source code was the
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way to get software. A pre-built binary? Luxury!
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2. IshKeb+ra
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2024-01-22 20:34:34
>>_white+p2
You mean that 11 month period between September 1991 when Linux was first released and August 1992 when the SLS distro was released?
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3. yjftsj+Ky
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2024-01-22 22:40:01
>>IshKeb+ra
Open source did not begin with Linux, and the existence of Linux distros did not mean that everything a user wanted had binary packages available.
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