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Re:Happy 25th Anniversary Slackware Linux by acutesoftware on Monday July 16, 2018 @06:59PM (#17545895)
Wow, time flies doesn't it? That was my first intro to Linux - installing on a 386 I think. Compiling stuff to get the sound card and CDROM working. Lots and LOTS of learning.

And finally, when it all worked - playing DOOM which actually performed better than on Windows.

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Re:Happy 25th Anniversary Slackware Linux by TomMarius on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:57AM (#17556219)
How did people run Doom on Linux back then?

EDIT: Wow, Wine is really old.

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Re:Happy 25th Anniversary Slackware Linux by acutesoftware on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @08:24AM (#17557678)
Yes, Wine has been around for a while, and it's pretty amazing software, but DOOM was a native linux release - cant remember how I installed it, but a linux version has been around since 1994

http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Linux

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