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I got into learning Linux by building a remote booting network. I was already doing that using Novell Netware and boot EPROMs or floppy disks, booting DOS over IPX. I kept building remote booting networks, then I discovered https://ltsp.org/ which made it a lot easier. I could easily switch declaratively between configs, like rootfs on local disk or nfs. I kinda miss those times...

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ltsp was my first serious learning too after the joy of Windows 3.11, windows for workgroups.

I was running a PII in my roofspace and a diskless terminal in my living room using ltsp. I think sometimes you go through a season of fascination and learning. Luckily I ended up working in this arena as I was maybe less helpful around the house than I should have been.

I have a fond memory of pulling the cat5 cable through the roofspace floor. My son was little and couldn't climb into the roofspace so he was the cable puller. As he pulled the cat5 cable below through the hole in the ceiling he shouted up, "Daddy, is this magic?".

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When I worked for a local government agency, I replaced a bunch of NT4 workstations that we used as kiosks for the public (with heavy-handed policies to disable all kinds of things) with ltsp. It ran like a dream on the Dell Optiplexes of that time period.

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