[YLUG] Social Reminder Tuesday 26th, Golden Ball, 2 Cromwell Rd

[Liam Wilson]

--- Alex Howells <alex.howells at 0wn3d.us> wrote:

> On 25/02/2008, Alex Smith <alex at alexsmith.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > /me passes Liam 30 FDDs
> >
> 
> Get him to install Slackware 12.0 using floppy
> discs, he'll only need
> about 1000 and seems like the masochistic type ;) 
> It'd be excellent
> bragging rights for IRC too, "Bet you didn't install
> using a FDD!".

Sounds like fun ;) 3.6GB (Slackware 12) /1.44MB ~2500
disks, ~10p/disk, so ~£250 worth of floppies, and say
2mins per disk gives a grand total of 83 hours to
actually do the install. A small price to pay to
impress some random strangers on #slackware.



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