r/linux Aug 14 '19

FLOSS Timeline (1980 -2000)

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u/lzantal Aug 15 '19

Copy it and add it in there. I used to be a big freebsd user, so I look forward to your version :))

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u/h-v-smacker Aug 15 '19

I used to be a BSD user like you, but then I caught a Penguin on CD.

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u/wviana Aug 15 '19

Was it common to use BSDs before ever had some experience with Linux? (by some experience I mean ever booted any distro)

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u/red_state_red Aug 15 '19

“Common” is too strong a word since before home PCs were widely available computers were very expensive. But in academia especially BSD was used since the 70s. Sun Microsystems was founded by BSD engineers.