Linux 1995

In 1995, I built my first Linux server from these parts:

Hardware:

Configured from the boards on up:

• Motherboard: Pentium 75MHz, PCI Intel Triton

• BIOS: November 26, 1995; PnP v1.0a Award

• RAM: 32Mb

• Disks: Seagate 1Gb, and Conner 1Gb

• Video: Trident 9440 with 1M (BIOS: 18-Apr-1995)

• SCSI: Adaptec 2940W v1.16

• CD: Toshiba XM-5401TA (2x)

Software:

• Kernel: Slackware 1.3.51-ELF (took 20 minutes to recompile it)

• Compiler: gcc 2.7.0

• web server: Apache 1.0.3

• X11: XFree86 3.1.2D

• FTP server: wu-ftpd 2.4

• MTA: sendmail 8.6.12

• Security: ISS, COPS, and tripwire