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[?]OCTADE » 🌐
@octade@soc.octade.net

I haven't run Windows since 2002. I worked a tech job providing hardware and software support that required Windows. At home I ran Linux.

And you are right. Windows is a trap and a money funnel for big tech ... and for hollyweird.

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[?]Anthropy » 🌐
@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

@octade that's some hardcore early adoption! Nice.

2002 was rough from what I remember, though it's when they released KDE3.x which I've used for a large share of my early Linux shenanigans.

but hey, even if rough, if you were a very utilitarian user that just needed to e.g use the internet, write things, send emails, maintain records and bookkeeping, simulations, code, etc etc, then I suppose it worked fine even in those early days.

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