Mandrake Linux 10.0, from 2004. They still work too. Had to buy them on disc, slow dialup internet in those days.

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Mandrake Linux 10.0, from 2004. They still work too. Had to buy them on disc, slow dialup internet in those days. - Lemmy.World

Oooh memories, I can’t remember the version number but this must have been close to my first linux distro!! …it.didn’t.go.well.
Mine was Mandrake 6. RedHat 5.2 was my first, and I was surprised how much easier Mandrake was in comparison. But the one that really wowed me was SuSE (before they became OpenSUSE), I was blown away how polished and user-friendly it was. Windows 9x/ME felt like a joke in comparison at time. And some people still claim Linux isn’t user friendly… and I’m like, bruh it’s been user friendly for about three decades now…