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1. eightyeight (eightyeight)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 17:12:31 EDT eightyeight

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   i must say, i'm rather proud that i can fit my whole !debian install into 1.2GB, and have a fully-functioning X workstation
   • losinggeneration (losinggeneration)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 17:39:07 EDT losinggeneration

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     • eightyeight
     @eightyeight My first Linux install only had a 1.2GB hard drive :)
   • corris (corris)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 17:45:14 EDT corris

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     • eightyeight
     @eightyeight My first copy of linux came unpacked on 3 x floppy disks circa 1995 (how many Mb was that?)
   • losinggeneration (losinggeneration)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 17:59:44 EDT losinggeneration

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     • corris
     @corris depends upon the density. Likely 1.44 Mb each, thus ~4.32Mb of compressed data :)
   • losinggeneration (losinggeneration)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 18:00:05 EDT losinggeneration

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     • corris
     @corris err, I skipped the unpacked part :P
   • corris (corris)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 18:09:53 EDT corris

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     • losinggeneration
     @losinggeneration 1.44Mb - thanks, so long ago I'd forgotten. No x .. Just the job at the time folk were going windows 95 crazy
   • eightyeight (eightyeight)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 21:03:14 EDT eightyeight

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     • corris
     @corris sure. I started by debootstraping my install with floppies.
   • eightyeight (eightyeight)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2012 21:03:41 EDT eightyeight

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     • losinggeneration
     @losinggeneration still refreshing to know I can do it these days with minimal effort
   • corris (corris)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 04:40:18 EDT corris

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     • eightyeight
     @eightyeight Good old days, eh? Effective if not so elegant
   • erack (erack)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 08:04:24 EDT erack

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     • losinggeneration
     @losinggeneration I think my first Linux install was on a 250MB drive or some such.
   • erack (erack)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 08:06:32 EDT erack

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     • corris
     @corris Here 30 5.25" floppies #firstlinux
   • corris (corris)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 08:24:27 EDT corris

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     • erack
     @erack That's awesome (and not in the wm meaning either) - when?
   • erack (erack)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 08:28:49 EDT erack

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     • corris
     @corris 1993, Slackware 0.9x #firstlinux
   • corris (corris)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 08:44:16 EDT corris

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     • erack
     @erack History there - hope you still have it in good shape
   • erack (erack)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 13:50:27 EDT erack

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     • corris
     @corris I doubt the floppies are still readable ... #firstlinux
   • kudlaty (kudlaty)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 14:02:32 EDT kudlaty

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     • erack
     @erack I have heaps of much older C64 and Atari floppy disks that still work flawlessly.