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Registered: Oct 2008 Distribution: Slackware [64]-X.{0|1|2|37|-current} ::12<=X<=14, FreeBSD_12{.0|.1} Posts: 5,434 Blog Entries: 11

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I have Slackware 96 from Walnut Creek, which is the oldest in my CD database (Slackware 3.1, 1996 obviousy). It is a 4-CD set and came with 36 page installation gude and registration card, all pictured below. I first installed this on a Sharp 120mhz pentium notebook, 32MB RAM, 1.2GB hard drive.



While browsing my old CDs I found these, mostly still in vivid memory as well...



Suse 6.1 (1999) with a very nice, printed 440 page companion book. This was the first GNU/Linux that I actively pushed to my own users - the very nice printed book seemed to make the difference between someone trying it or simply sticking the CD into a drawer and forgetting about it - I distributed several sets of these. Also ran well on the same Sharp 120mhz notebooks.



Mandrake 7.2 from Linux Format magazine, (1999?). Linux Format magazine used to include installation CDs wrapped with the magazine, and this one introduced me to Mandrake. It quickly replaced Suse 6.1 for personal use, and led to Mandrake/Mandriva being my recommended and supported distro for others all the way down to Mandriva 2006. Mandriva's early adoption of KDE4 created many problems for me as I had to support all those nice people who were now using Mandriva Linux on my recommendation, which drove me back to Slackware, all for good! I still have a boxed Mandriva Powerpack set or two laying around as well!



And finally, an Infomagic 6-disc set from 1999 which includes Red Hat 6, Caldera 2.2, Suse 6.1, Slackware 4.0, Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux and other assorted goodies.



(And thanks to Jeremy for fixing my image upload problems!) Attached Thumbnails



Last edited by astrogeek; 08-27-2015 at 04:15 PM . Reason: Updated post, new images, typos...