For those veteran linux people, what was it like back in 90s? I did see and hear of Unix systems being available for use but I did not see much apart from old versions of Debian in use.
Were they prominent in education like universities? Was it mainly a hobbyist thing at the time compared to the business needs of 98, 95 and classic mac?
I ask this because I found out that some PC games I owned were apparently also on Linux even in CD format from a firm named Loki.
There were some tools available to make it easy. For instance, to get a modeline that might work for your monitor just fill out this simple form.
Lol, I haven’t thought about that site in a long, long time. Shocked it’s still there, in all it’s perl glory.
You never know when you’ll need to install period Linux on an old piece of hardware.
You can also install modern Linux on an old piece of hardware too! https://www.adelielinux.org/ is pretty shockingly compatible, back to a Pentium-class system. (A P166 was the oldest I’ve personally installed it on).
I wouldn’t uh, say it was all that useful, but it’s still sitting on the retro computer pile doing retro computer stuff.