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   rbowman to CrudeSausage   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   29 Jan 26 02:22:14   
   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 29 Jan 2026 00:04:17 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   The CD is long gone but I have the third edition of 'Red Hat Linux   
   Unleashed' from 1998 that came with Red Hat Linux 5.2.  It is 1005 pages   
   without a lot of filler.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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