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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Debian didn't have a stable release until 1996... Even Slackware didn't shape up nicely until around 98 from what I remember. SLS gave it a GUI but wasn't well maintained. Linux wasn't really "good" until early 2000s at the very least.

I just wanted to play Space Cadet Pinball or Commander Keen as a kid, not compile my programs.

You're clearly talking about modern Linux.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I don't think I had budget to buy my own computers until '99, and that's when I first played with Linux