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someone@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago

What was using Linux in 90s to mid 2000s like?

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What was using Linux in 90s to mid 2000s like?

someone@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago
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    I used to use redhat, then ubuntu back in their first releases. They were very usable imo, but application management was not existent, you had to download binaries manually or build projects from scratch. This was a time too when most messaging programs were native, and didn’t have linux clients.

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      I can remember I was able to use Skype via a Pidgin plugin, and it worked smoothly until, you know, Skype was acquired by Microsoft.

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      …most messaging programs were native, and didn’t have linux clients.

      How does that even work?

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        https://mashable.com/2012/10/25/instant-messaging-history/

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