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Linux during the mid to late 90s (Windows 95 and 98 era) (lemmy.world)
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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.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

Scanners and printers are one area of computing that have always sucked the most relative to other things. They're better these days but they're still the one thing I expect to fail on a regular basis.