I’ve been using Linux since 1997. As the ’90s came to a close, there were so many new distributions coming out that it would make your head spin.
I remember some of my favorites, one of which was Mandrake Linux. I remember meeting the developers of Mandrake at a Linux convention and thinking they were the coolest of the cool. Those ladies and gents knew how to party, and I joined them often.
But Mandrake wasn’t just about having a good time. Mandrake also happened to be one of the first distributions I remember that did a brilliant job…

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