Installing Yggdrasil Linux - a 1995 Vintage Retro Linux installation VHS (Lost Media)
Thought this was a pretty interesting piece of Linux history, and unintentionally quite funny as well :p
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Funny to see a YT-style video from 1995.
I was curious about Yggdrasil and I found this little piece of history on Wikipedia:
A beta release was made on 18 February 1993.[4][7] The beta's cost was US$60. LGX's beta release in 1993 contained the 0.99.5 version of the Linux kernel, along with other software from GNU and X.[7] By 22 August 1993, the Yggdrasil company had sold over 3100 copies of the LGX beta distribution.[8]
Yggdrasil made $186,000 selling CDs with a beta version. Making CDs was probably much more expensive back then, but I am sure they got a volume discount for a run of ~3,000 units.
The release version was $99!
I bought one of those release CDs. I used it to be able to use ppp + my 486's modem to connect to my employer's network which let me WFH on an 80x24 tty.
An excellent return on the $99 spent. :)
Well... it means I was (and fyi still am) the kind of rube that is on fixed salary but works way more than 9-5 M-F
But at least I do it in my PJ's at home