I’ve enjoyed seeing some of these blasts from the past, but I admit it’s not as nice when the VM host window is captured as well. Just something to consider… I appreciate it all the same.
You can just cut the window border, to show the content of the VM. Doesn’t VirtualBox have a screenshot functionality for that? So you don’t need to edit the image or try to select with a border to capture the area. I used VirtualBox in the past (now on something better ;-) Quemu+Kvm+virt-manager), but totally forgot if it has this function at all.
I got a 6.0ish disk after giving them an email back in the day. I also remember the UI being easily modified. It was by far the easiest linux to get up and running with drivers for a couple of years.
I know we all like to shit on what Canonical has become, but you have to respect just how much work they’ve put into the Linux ecosystem to make it more user friendly and mainstream over the years.
Agreed. Before the dark times, Ubuntu was the kickstarter for “wide” adoption to the “masses” (notice the quotes, lol) and making Linux even more accessible at that time. Similar to a degree of what Valve has an effect nowadays.
I actually never used the very first Ubuntu version and need to test it in a VM too. My first experience with Linux was probably Knoppix and my first installation SUSE Linux 9.2, but it was not ready back then. I switched to Linux full time by removing Windows XP and installing Ubuntu 8.04. Time definitely has passed, you can’t argue with that.