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Now THAT is a DAMN Small Linux! (www.youtube.com)

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[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

In the early 00’s, we put DSL on a business card shaped cdrw and carried them around. When it would get too hot outside we’d go to the library and boot into Linux, bypassing the software firewalls they were running and download as much music as we could to a tape drive. It took a few weekends to get the drivers and software right but it worked and was so much faster than our home connections. $5 got you top10 hits from any genre you wanted. We thought we were SO smart like we invented bootlegging.

[–] Rhoerii@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

we’d go to the library and boot into Linux, bypassing the software firewalls they were running and download as much music as we could to a tape drive.

Ugh, I wish I would have been more into a scene like this when I was younger. That sounds so fun. I was mostly into sports and stuff, and that occupied all my time. Now I'm finally getting into the tech world, and I didn't realize how much fun it is.

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