• vu2tum@lemmy.radio
    2 years

    “Just a hobby, won’t be big” - he really didn’t think it will be one of the most sought after projects.

  • EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee
    2 years

    …probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks,as that’s all I have. :-(.

    Cuteness.

    As in hilarity.

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
    2 years

    I for one really appreciate the effort of supporting non-AT drives despite the initial skepticism.

  • netvor@lemmy.world
    2 years

    Funny how he made it basically for his desktop computer.

    33 years later, and Linux is dominating in every part of the OS world except … the desktop.

    (I’m paraphrasing his quote – he said something like this years ago, can’t find it, though.)

    (Edit: to be more fair with quotes, it might be the case that I “hallucinated” the quote. he might not have said that, or he might have just said part of it and other part would be someone else’s comment. This cio.com article is probably a better source on his position )

  • pelya@lemmy.world
    2 years

    Just look at those nested parentheses. A true sign of (pedantic) greatness, when a person needs to clarify something in their earlier clarification.

    • Lucy :3@feddit.org
      2 years

      I love it™ (The nested parentheses are one of the greatest tools known to mankind (And to all other creatures))

      • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2 years

        To paraphrase an old tweet: “parentheses - for when every thought comes with bonus sub-thoughts”.