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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by PirateFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@programming.dev

Thought this was a pretty interesting piece of Linux history, and unintentionally quite funny as well :p

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[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

In 1996 I got a copy of Yggdrasil Linux as a CD in the back of a large book, about 1,000 pages. I believe that it was simply a printout of all the man pages, although it might have had instructions on installing and basic Linux usage.

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