There have been many distros that have came and went. I remember my first dive into the land of Linux started with Redhat Linux back in 1998, when the installation and configurations were anything but user friendly. I know a lot of old IT guys who would cringe at that statement but hey, at least I am doing the damn thing, unlike a lot of others... Soon after that came Mandrake Linux, the late 90's attempt at what Ubuntu is today. It was a lot easier to install than Redhat Linux however you still had to have a good bit of luck finding drivers for your hardware.
Fast fwd 17 years later to today.. I'm building a virtual testbed for Ubuntu Linux patch deployment on the most widely used, user friendly version of Linux to date. You simply plug it in and it works, unlike Bill Gates did with Windows 98 back in the days of his embarrassing blue screen of death presentation. This however raises the obvious question - if it is so easy to use now, for users, why am I using it ? Another paradox.
Fast fwd 17 years later to today.. I'm building a virtual testbed for Ubuntu Linux patch deployment on the most widely used, user friendly version of Linux to date. You simply plug it in and it works, unlike Bill Gates did with Windows 98 back in the days of his embarrassing blue screen of death presentation. This however raises the obvious question - if it is so easy to use now, for users, why am I using it ? Another paradox.
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