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🙃 Installing Mandrake 10.1 lol

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Screenshot of the DrakX Partitioning Wizard showing a detected solution with a radio button selected next to “Remove Windows(TM).”

Found an old stack of #LinuxJournal issues, ca 1997-1999.

Jayyyssus, I had forgotten that there were so so SO many obscure companies that were offering commercial Linux software and services in the late 1990s! I don't get why people still think Linux is such a "new" thing and just "for enthusiasts" - it was clearly starting to become a very serious business OS back in those days.

Also the ads have *so* many companies selling ISP gear, holy crap.

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🚀 Ah, the glory days of #VA #Linux, where selling dreams of penguins 🐧 on servers led to the dotcom era's biggest #IPO circus. A model so groundbreaking it's now a relic of tech fossils 🦖. Who knew Linux could cause such a stock market comedy show? 😂
https://dfarq.homeip.net/va-linux-the-biggest-dotcom-ipo/ #LinuxHistory #DotcomEra #TechFossils #StockMarketComedy #HackerNews #ngated

I am almost certain this isn't going to install lol

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A black-and-white text-mode Linux installation screen showing network configuration values such as domain (tamu.edu), host IP (192.9.200.1), netmask (255.255.255.0), network address (192.9.200.0), broadcast address (192.9.200.255), default gateway (192.9.200.254), and nameserver (192.9.200.254). Below, the installer asks for confirmation to install Linux on /dev/hda1 and displays EXT2 filesystem creation details, including block counts, inode counts, block size (1024 bytes), fragment size, block groups, and group layout

Well, here it is. Libranet GNU/Linux 2.7 Classic

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A dark teal desktop with a single terminal window (xterm) open near the top-left. The terminal shows green ASCII art reading “Libranet” and text “Libranet GNU/Linux 2.7-Classic” followed by a shell prompt “sinclair@libranet:~$”. A taskbar runs along the bottom with small icons at left and a clock at the right displaying “09:04:11”. The mouse pointer is visible to the right of the terminal

Hmm... heard of this distro but never tried it before. Guess I will today if it works

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Welcome to Libranet GNU/Linux 2.7-Classic

Libranet strives to be the best GNU/Linux system available. We hope you will find Libranet simple to install and a pleasure to use.

Libranet is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL) and other license agreements. The software included in the Libranet distribution is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. Press F1 to read the COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE WARRANTY information.

YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE SIGNIFIES THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

If you do not agree to these terms, remove the CD and press ctrl-alt-delete.

Before installing you should have made backups of any data you do not want to risk losing on this system. There will be no other way to recover this data if it becomes overwritten during the install. While the likelihood of this happening is remote, it is better to be safe. If you need to make backups, remove the CD and press ctrl-alt-delete.

Only if you are installing onto a system that you know has a SCSI hard drive or SCSI CD-ROM, enter scsi and then press ENTER.

To begin the install, press boot:

Okay we're fine now. Take Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4

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A KDE desktop screenshot with a blue Caldera Systems wallpaper and icons down the left side (OpenStore, Register Now!, Autostart, Trash, Templates, Floppy, Floppy_2, CD-ROM). A "KDE Control Center" window is open in the center showing a left-hand tree of settings categories and system info on the right: KDE Version 1.1.2, User: sinclair, Hostname: the-mainframe.nodomain.nowhere, System: Linux, Release: 2.2.14, Machine: i686. The bottom taskbar shows virtual desktop buttons labeled One–Four, several application icons, and a clock reading "07:31 Jan 01."

Oh Caldera...

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People seemed to like my Mandrake 7.2 install so have 5.1 too. Glad it worked this time :blobsmile:

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A blue KDE desktop screenshot with no open windows. Device and folder icons (Trash, Templates, Autostart, CDROM, FLOPPY, HOME, RPMmanager, XKill) run down the left side. A gray bottom panel shows workspace buttons labeled One–Four and small application icons; the clock reads '06:20 Jan 01'

A blue KDE desktop screenshot. A terminal window near the upper-right displays a root prompt and the output 'release 5.1 (Venice)'. Icons for Trash, Templates, Autostart, CDROM, FLOPPY, HOME, RPMmanager and XKill line the left side; a panel with application icons runs along the bottom and the clock reads '06:19 Jan 01'

A blue KDE desktop screenshot showing the KDE Control Center window centered. The control panel lists categories on the left and system details on the right (User: root, Hostname: localhost.localdomain, System: Linux, Release: 2.0.35, Machine: i686). A small 'About KDE' dialog overlaps the lower-right with text about the KDE project and an OK button. The bottom panel and taskbar icons are visible; clock reads '06:21 Jan 01'

Something has gone wrong heh. This was supposed to be Mandrake 5.1

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A distorted Linux desktop showing two terminal windows at the top-left and top-right corners, each displaying a root prompt. The background is heavily glitched with horizontal noise-like lines, and a mouse cursor shaped like an “X” is visible at the center

Ok we are actually all done-

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Screenshot of Linux Mandrake 7.2 with the KDE 2.0 desktop environment. A blue “About KDE” window titled “K Desktop Environment. Release 2.0 Release Candidate 1” occupies the lower center and contains text and a small green cartoon dragon image. The desktop wallpaper is a pale yellow-to-white gradient filled with large stars and features a large anime-style girl on the right wearing a yellow blouse, blue skirt, star-shaped earrings and holding a staff topped with a star. A column of classic desktop icons (CD-ROM, Docs, Internet, Netscape, Printer, etc.) runs down the left edge, and a blue taskbar with application buttons and system tray sits along the bottom

All done :blobsmile:

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Screenshot of Mandrake Linux 7.2 (Odyssey) desktop running KDE 2.0. The desktop has a solid background and several icons along the left side, including 'CD-ROM,' 'Doc,' 'DrakConf,' 'Floppy,' 'Internet,' 'Netscape,' 'News,' and 'Printer.' A terminal window is open showing the command cat /etc/mandrake-release and its output: Linux Mandrake release 7.2 (Odyssey) for i586. The KDE panel is at the bottom of the screen with workspace switchers, a KDE Control Center button, and a clock reading 03:12

Hmm pretty

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Mandrake Linux boot screen with a purple background and a cartoon penguin on the left. The system is running Aurora and displays boot messages with green checkmarks for completed tasks, including configuring kernel parameters, setting the clock, activating swap partitions, and setting the hostname. A filesystem check on /dev/hda1 is in progress on the right side

Hi Mandrake Linux... or Linux Mandrake?

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Mandrake Linux graphical installer window: progress bar installing RPM packages, with left-side panel listing installation steps (language, hard drive detection, filesystem setup, bootloader, etc.), and notice telling user the new system is being installed

First published in 2000, Linux Format quickly became the magazine many turned to for Linux tutorials, distro reviews, and open source news. For two and a half decades it offered practical guides, experiments with Raspberry Pi, sysadmin tips, and deep dives into tools that shaped the Linux world.

With its final issue in mid 2025, Linux Format leaves behind a legacy of helping countless readers discover, learn, and grow within the community. While its printing has ended, the spirit of sharing knowledge that defined the magazine lives on in the people it inspired.

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Thought this looked interesting.

20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 1)

https://ploum.net/2024-10-20-20years-linux-desktop-part1.html

Red Hat Linux in 1998 (2009)

https://linuxgazette.net/165/laycock.html

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🌐 From NetWare & NT 3.51 to Linux in ‘96—read a 30-year technologist's retrospective on Linux's evolution from a licensing workaround to the world's backbone OS.

📖 A deep dive into its early struggles, hard-won victories, and what comes next.

🔗 https://linuxexpert.org/from-licenses-to-liberation/

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Before full virtual desktops and containerized GUI environments, there was Xnest. It let you run an entire nested X session inside your existing one, effectively a desktop within a desktop. Developers could test window managers, experiment with X resources, or isolate misbehaving apps without ever logging out. It was lightweight, fast, and didn't require any virtualization. For those working deep in X11 internals, it was like a GUI sandbox in a terminal world. Still available in many repos today, Xnest remains a brilliant but mostly forgotten tool in the Linux toolbox.

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Article from @lwn

"The first honest-to-goodness distribution with a proper installer was MCC Interim Linux, created by Owen Le Blanc, released publicly in early 1992. I recently reached out to Le Blanc to learn more about his work on the distribution, what he has been doing since, and his thoughts on Linux in 2025."

https://lwn.net/Articles/1017846/

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