Stefano Marinelli

My home desktop - 1 March 2000 - a Pentium 233 MMX.
The OS was Debian Linux - you can see a printed Tux near the keyboard.
No broadband connection, just a 56k modem.
Iomega Zip drive - so I could download stuff at Uni and bring it back home.
One year later, this became my first 24/7 server.

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Aug 9, 2025 at 2:25pmWeb
Show threaddirk dierickxAug 9, 2025
@stefano Internet was so expensive back then. At the time I worked night shifts in a NOC, on quiet moments I would download software updates and also put them on a zip disk to install them later at home.
Show threadAndy HAug 9, 2025
@stefano thought you were going to say, just upgraded it to Trixie 😎
Show threadjhxAug 9, 2025
@stefano
That brings back memories... 😀
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨Aug 9, 2025
@stefano That exact same year I had DSL at home, payed by my first employer. Before that I had a 33.6k modem 😅
Show threadAdriano 🐡Aug 9, 2025
@stefano how all that white plastic parts were not yellow yet? And where are the plastic dust covers? FAKE AI photo! 😂
Show threadXenotarAug 9, 2025
@stefano Open Source and "Open Case" (the universal cooling solution then), almost the same setup I had at home: a Pentium Pro with 96M RAM running FreeBSD, Samsung Syncmaster, US Robotics 56k modem (ppp connection) and a Zip drive (plus a cat somewhere)
Show threadrozodruAug 9, 2025
@stefano oh man the case without the cover on...yup rocked that too. My friend in university at the time had a T1 line so I would take CD-R's and would burn a bunch of music and games on to them to take them home as I only had a 56k modem.
Show threadZeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶Aug 10, 2025
@stefano The first PC I used was a Multitek Popular PC 500 with a 4.77 Mhz, 8088 CPU, 512 KB memory, dual 360 KB, 5.25" floppy disks. The OS was MS-DOS 3.2. I think it was around 1987-1988.
Show threadPete OrrallAug 11, 2025
@stefano The good ole days! Seriously, this brings back so many memories. My first Linux box was in a similarly sized behemoth of a tower. A dual P2 266MHz running Mandrake in 2004.
Show threaddaniel tAug 23, 2025
@stefano Cool