For those veteran linux people, what was it like back in 90s? I did see and hear of Unix systems being available for use but I did not see much apart from old versions of Debian in use.

Were they prominent in education like universities? Was it mainly a hobbyist thing at the time compared to the business needs of 98, 95 and classic mac?

I ask this because I found out that some PC games I owned were apparently also on Linux even in CD format from a firm named Loki.

  • @andrewth09
    2•3 months ago

    If done wrong, you could break your monitor.

    You mean your graphic drivers, right? not your actual hardware?

    (edit: oh no)

    • @folekaule
      7•3 months ago

      No. The wrong timing parameters could definitively break your hardware.

    • Truls
      5•3 months ago

      @andrewth09 I bricked a monitor when I tried to fiddle with the graphics settings in Linux back in the late 90s (tried to get it to run on 1280*1024 - which was considered “hi resolution” back then). I had to buy a new monitor. Then installed Windows and only returned to Linux a long time after that.

      • @mkwt
        3•3 months ago

        Oh yeah. I remember all the warnings plastered all over the X11 config file about how dangerous the settings were if you got them wrong.