From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:57:38 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
      
   > I used Mandrake Linux for a short while. That was right before we got   
   > high speed Internet for the first time via AT&T cable. I was working in   
   > Tulsa and my wife called from Texas and let me know that it had been   
   > installed. I told her to download Firefox, she did, there was a pause...   
   > "It's not working." I said, "maybe it's already downloaded" — she   
   > checked and it was. So that was basically the end of buying Linux CDs.   
      
   I used Mandrake for a while. My memory is cloudy but I think it was an old   
   Windows box I bought for $25. iirc the BIOS couldn't see the current   
   generation of HDDs and the smaller platters were stupidly expensive. I   
   remember hitting the local shops and asking what they did with old drives.   
   "The dumpster."  e-waste wasn't a hot topic back then.   
      
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