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Installing OS, 10 years ago:

Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

Installing OS today:

Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I remember 2014 being pretty easy to install Linux. Windows 7 and 10 were also pretty easy then.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Haha, you're so silly! The meme says 10 years ago and not— …

My god, it really has been ten years since 2014, hasn't it?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Back to the Future was made today, Marty would have traveled back to 1994.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you mean "Great Scot!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It was "Great Scott!" but the DeLorean smashed through the second "t" in the past. 🌲🌲

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

2004 is when we got Ubuntu, and if I recall correctly Mandrake was also rather easy to install.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Tbh I would rather use Debian, I use Debian today and if I knew about Debian back then I would be using it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember breaking my Ubuntu install a bunch of times when trying to install nvidia drivers and flash player to watch YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I was breaking redhat and fedora trying to install wifi drivers for pcmcia wifi cards. So much modprobe. That’s why I switched to Ubuntu.