Hm,
I also bought Linux-FT, shortly after it first came out. It was I think,
my third copy of Linux. I started with a Slackware with a kernel in the
0.99,xx region somewhere around '92 or '93, IIRC. I'd known of GNU and
then Linux a little before that, but hadn't known how to get a copy (be
in a university, I suspect). I've been using Unix since about '83 or
'84. Mostly Zilog/Exxon's `Zeus' flavour.
G.
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, john lewis wrote:
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:35:19 +0000
> From: john lewis <johnlewis@???>
> Reply-To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???>
> To: hampshire@???
> Subject: [Hampshire] How long have you been using Linux?
>
> Whilst looking for something else I found an invoice dated 1 Nov 1994
> for a copy of 'DR Linux' and another invoice dated 27 Nov 1994 for a
> subscription to 'Linux Journal'
>
> So my use of Linux certainly dates from 1994 even if I can't prove I
> used it earlier but I did buy a copy of 'Linux FT' in Aug 1995
> (all the above from Lasermoon in Fareham) which suggests I was
> using another distro before then which I am fairly certain was
> installed from floppy disks.
>
> I swapped to RedHat 5.0 in Apr 1998 with the purchase of a box set
> from The Linux Emporium for £40. I also got a copy of StarOffice
> 4.0 the same month and this cost me £10. Wordperfect 8 arrived in
> Jun 1999.
>
> Then followed Mandrake 7.2 in Jan 2001updated to ver 8.0 in Dec
> 2001.
>
> I then got Debian Woody, 7 CD-ROM set, in Feb 2002 thus ending
> forever my need to buy Linux software :-)
>
>
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Gordon Scott http://www.gscott.co.uk
Linux ... Because I like to *get* there today.
