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Linux-Mandrake 6.0 was actually my intro to Linux. Lots and lots of memories.

Still absolutely love this clunky aesthetic.

Interestingly, the old website is still up. Last post, 1999.

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

Another screenie for good measure:

[–] sznio@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's beautiful.

[–] Gort@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

That does look quite familiar and cool.

I started on Mandrake 8.1. I owe Mandrake a lot for starting me off on Linux over twenty years ago.

[–] jaj@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I totally forgot XMMS, what a nice piece of software! Also I didn't know Netscape was available on Linux

[–] ManyRoads@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FWIW you can 'recreate' the environment you enjoyed on today's distros. Here is one good solid option: https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE

[–] ManyRoads@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Here's something even more current from 'rasat'... who is a huge proponent of the CDE on FVWM environment: https://fvwmforums.org/t/picom-compositor-for-xorg/4250

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The window elements each have a clear purpose without “aesthetics” overriding those.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

Also, you didn't need massive resolutions and screen real estate to be able to see what you're doing.

[–] Elw@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Some people may not like it but this is what peak desktop interface design looks like.

[–] rattmatz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

I remember this distro as having a good number of newer storage drivers (cpqarray, in particular) available when installing.

[–] zbrown@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Powerful nostalgia vibes. My first Linux distro was Mandrake 7 or 7.1. Can't quite recall which one it was but I remember waiting hours for it to download after the boxed copy of RedHat I bought at Incredible Universe just would not cleanly install on my 486 at home.

I stuck with that distro till around 2005? I think the last version I had installed was Mandriva 2006.

[–] ClumsyTomato@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Down the memory lane! At that time downloading a full distro with my poor 33.6k modem was an unfeasible nightmare, and I remember buying the Mandrake Powerpack box with several CDs, books... and stickers! I fondly remember how the included assistants (diskdrake and similar "drake" tools) tried to make things easier for newbies like me... and of course they only worked half of the time!

[–] saba@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I started with Mandrake, I think 8.0, in 2001. I just looked at that website a few weeks ago and something is off. If I remember correctly, there were updates to the site in that year. I wonder if this is a snapshot that somebody re-uploaded?

edit: looks like maybe the website I remember was mandrakesoft.com -> https://web.archive.org/web/20010429194424/http://www.mandrakesoft.com/

[–] Nausiyan@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Oh gosh! I remember mandrake. I don't remember version but do remember it. Was certainly an experience for me. Had no clue what I was doing. No idea how I went from that to gentoo. Stage 1 install was a nightmare I couldn't forget. Stage 3 is a breeze now.

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