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[#]: subject: (My Linux story: Learning Linux in the 90s)
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[#]: via: (https://opensource.com/article/19/11/learning-linux-90s)
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[#]: author: (Mike Harris https://opensource.com/users/mharris)
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My Linux story: Learning Linux in the 90s
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This is the story of how I learned Linux before the age of WiFi, when
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distributions came in the form of a CD.
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![Sky with clouds and grass][1]
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Most people probably don't remember where they, the computing industry, or the everyday world were in 1996. But I remember that year very clearly. I was a sophomore in high school in the middle of Kansas, and it was the start of my journey into free and open source software (FOSS).
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I'm getting ahead of myself here. I was interested in computers even before 1996. I was born and raised on my family's first Apple ][e, followed many years later by the IBM Personal System/2. (Yes, there were definitely some generational skips along the way.) The IBM PS/2 had a very exciting feature: a 1200 baud Hayes modem.
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I don't remember how, but early on, I got the phone number of a local [BBS][2]. Once I dialed into it, I could get a list of other BBSes in the local area, and my adventure into networked computing began.
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In 1995, the people [lucky enough][3] to have a home internet connection spent less than 30 minutes a month using it. That internet was nothing like our modern services that operate over satellite, fiber, CATV coax, or any version of copper lines. Most homes dialed in with a modem, which tied up their phone line. (This was also long before cellphones were pervasive, and most people had just one home phone line.) I don't think there were many independent internet service providers (ISPs) back then, although that may have depended upon where you were located, so most people got service from a handful of big names, including America Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy.
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And the service you did get was very slow; even at dial-up's peak evolution at 56K, you could only expect to get a maximum of about 3.5 Kbps. If you wanted to try Linux, downloading a 200MB to 800MB ISO image or (more realistically) a disk image set was a dedication to time, determination, and lack of phone usage.
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I went with the easier route: In 1996, I ordered a "tri-Linux" CD set from a major Linux distributor. These tri-Linux disks provided three distributions; mine included Debian 1.1 (the first stable release of Debian), Red Hat Linux 3.0.3, and Slackware 3.1 (nicknamed Slackware '96). As I recall, the discs were purchased from an online store called [Linux Systems Labs][4]. The online store doesn't exist now, but in the 90s and early 00s, such distributors were common. And so were multi-disc sets of Linux. This one's from 1998 but gives you an idea of what they involved:
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![A tri-linux CD set][5]
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![A tri-linux CD set][6]
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On a fateful day in the summer of 1996, while living in a new and relatively rural city in Kansas, I made my first attempt at installing and working with Linux. Throughout the summer of '96, I tried all three distributions on that tri-Linux CD set. They all ran beautifully on my mom's older Pentium 75MHz computer.
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I ended up choosing [Slackware][7] 3.1 as my preferred distribution, probably more because of the terminal's appearance than the other, more important reasons one should consider before deciding on a distribution.
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I was up and running. I was connecting to an "off-brand" ISP (a local provider in the area), dialing in on my family's second phone line (ordered to accommodate all my internet use). I was in heaven. I had a dual-boot (Microsoft Windows 95 and Slackware 3.1) computer that worked wonderfully. I was still dialing into the BBSes that I knew and loved and playing online BBS games like Trade Wars, Usurper, and Legend of the Red Dragon.
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I can remember spending days upon days of time in #Linux on EFNet (IRC), helping other users answer their Linux questions and interacting with the moderation crew.
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More than 20 years after taking my first swing at using the Linux OS at home, I am now entering my fifth year as a consultant for Red Hat, still using Linux (now Fedora) as my daily driver, and still on IRC helping people looking to use Linux.
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via: https://opensource.com/article/19/11/learning-linux-90s
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作者：[Mike Harris][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]: https://opensource.com/users/mharris
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-full-size/public/lead-images/bus-cloud.png?itok=vz0PIDDS (Sky with clouds and grass)
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[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system
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[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage#Internet_users
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[4]: https://web.archive.org/web/19961221003003/http://lsl.com/
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[5]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/20191026_142009.jpg (A tri-linux CD set)
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[6]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/20191026_142020.jpg (A tri-linux CD set)
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[7]: http://slackware.com
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[#]: subject: (My Linux story: Learning Linux in the 90s)
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[#]: via: (https://opensource.com/article/19/11/learning-linux-90s)
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[#]: author: (Mike Harris https://opensource.com/users/mharris)
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我的 Linux 故事：在 90 年代学习 Linux
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这是一个关于我如何在 WiFi 时代之前学习 Linux 的故事，那时的发行版还以 CD 的形式出现。
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![Sky with clouds and grass][1]
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大部分人可能不记得 1996 年时计算产业或日常生活世界的样子。但我很清楚地记得那一年。我那时候是堪萨斯中部一所高中的二年级学生，那是我的自由与开源软件（FOSS）旅程的开端。
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我从这里开始进步。我在 1996 年之前就开始对计算机感兴趣。我出生并成长于我家的第一台 Apple ][e，然后多年之后是 IBM Personal System/2。（是的，在这过程中有一些代际的跨越。）IBM PS/2 有一个非常激动人心的特性：一个 1200 波特的 Hayes 调制解调器。
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我不记得是怎样了，但在那不久之前，我得到了一个本地 [BBS][2] 的电话号码。一旦我拨号进去，我可以得到本地的一些其他 BBS 的列表，我的网络探险就此开始了。
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在 1995 年，[足够幸运][3]的人拥有了家庭互联网连接，每月可以使用不到 30 分钟。这个互联网不像我们现代的服务那样，通过卫星、光纤、有线电视同轴电缆或任何版本的铜线提供。大多数家庭通过一个调制解调器拨号，它连接到他们的电话线上。（这时离移动电话无处不在的时代还早得很，大多数人只有一部家庭电话。）尽管这还要取决你所在的位置，但我不认为那时有很多独立的互联网服务提供商（ISP），所以大多数人从仅有的几家大公司获得服务，包括 America Online，CompuServe 以及 Prodigy。
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你获取到的服务速率非常低，甚至在拨号上网演变的顶峰 56K，你也只能期望得到最高 3.5Kbps 的速率。如果你想要尝试 Linux，下载一个 200MB 到 800MB 的 ISO 镜像或（更加切合实际的）磁盘镜像要贡献出时间，决心，以及面临电话不可用的情形。
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我走了一条简单一点的路：在 1996 年，我从一家主要的 Linux 分发商订购了一套“tri-Linux”CD。这些光盘提供了三个发行版，我的这套包含了 Debian 1.1 （Debian 的第一个稳定版本），Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 以及 Slackware 3.1（代号 Slackware '96）。据我回忆，这些光盘是从一家叫做 [Linux Systems Labs][4] 的在线商店购买的。这家在线商店如今已经不存在了，但在 90 年代和 00 年代早期，这样的分发商很常见。对于多光盘 Linux 套件也是如此。这是 1998 年的一套光盘，你可以了解到他们都包含了什么：
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![A tri-linux CD set][5]
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![A tri-linux CD set][6]
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在 1996 年夏天一个命中注定般的日子，那时我住在堪萨斯一个新的并且相对较为乡村的城市，我做出了安装并使用 Linux 的第一次尝试。在 1996 年的整个夏天，我尝试了那套三 Linux CD 套件里的全部三个发行版。他们都在我母亲的老 Pentium 75MHz 电脑上完美运行。
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我最终选择了 [Slackware][7] 3.1 作为我喜欢的发行版，相比其他发行版可能更多的是因为它的终端的外观，这是决定选择一个发行版前需要考虑的重要因素。
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我将系统设置完毕并运行了起来。我连接到一家“杂牌”ISP（一家这个区域的本地服务商），通过我家的第二条电话线拨号（为了满足我的所有互联网使用而订购）。那就像在天堂一样。我有一台完美运行的双系统（Microsoft Windows 95 和 Slackware 3.1）电脑。我依然拨号进入我所知道和喜爱的 BBS，游玩在线 BBS 游戏，比如 Trade Wars，Usurper 以及 Legend of the Red Dragon。
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我能够记得花在 EFNet（IRC）上 #Linux 频道的一天天时光，帮助其他用户，回答他们的 Linux 问题以及和审核人员互动。
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在我第一次在家尝试使用 Linux 系统的 20 多年后，我现在正进入作为 Red Hat 顾问的第五年，仍然在使用 Linux（现在是 Fedora）作为我的日常系统，并且依然在 IRC 上帮助想要使用 Linux 的人们。
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via: https://opensource.com/article/19/11/learning-linux-90s
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作者：[Mike Harris][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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译者：[alim0x](https://github.com/alim0x)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]: https://opensource.com/users/mharris
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-full-size/public/lead-images/bus-cloud.png?itok=vz0PIDDS (Sky with clouds and grass)
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[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system
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[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage#Internet_users
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[4]: https://web.archive.org/web/19961221003003/http://lsl.com/
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[5]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/20191026_142009.jpg (A tri-linux CD set)
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[6]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/20191026_142020.jpg (A tri-linux CD set)
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[7]: http://slackware.com
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