From: crude@sausa.ge
On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:31:45 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
> On 2026-01-28, CrudeSausage wrote:
>> On 28 Jan 2026 02:54:49 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> On 27 Jan 2026 22:29:00 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>
>>>> The numbers don't lie. Ubuntu was the catalyst for a great number of
>>>> people giving Linux a chance and the free CDs weren't the only
>>>> reason. Unlike most Linux distributions, both the installer and the
>>>> installed product worked as they should and it made Linux easy for
>>>> most people. That's not to say Debian and others weren't easy enough
>>>> _before_ Ubuntu's release, but Ubuntu finally attracted the
>>>> mainstream users who weren't as dedicated as we all were to getting
>>>> the operating system working for us.
>>>
>>> Leading to the Year of the Linux Desktop, right? You may have a better
>>> chance of witnessing the second coming.
>>
>> It wasn't the second coming, but suddenly Linux was an operating system
>> which could appeal to regular people as much as the geeks.
>
> Yep. Linux wasn't that easy to download in those days. You could buy
> Linux magazines and most months they included a Linux CD but you could
> just email Ubuntu and check off how many CDs you wanted and "voila" they
> came in the mail.
That's actually how I used to get it installed for people back then. I'd
often have a friend or family member who got some hand-me-down PC.
Obviously, they understood nothing about it and wondered whether they
could get some life out of it. They wanted Windows, but it was always
going to be too slow for them, so I suggested Linux. I'd then drive over
to the closest magazine store and get a Linux magazine specifically for
the installation CD.
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