December Days 2021 #14: Tussling With Tux

[Welcome to December Days, where I natter on about things organized around a theme (sometimes very loosely), one a day, for 31 days. This year, we're taking a look back at some touchpoints along the way of my journey with computing and computing devices.]

• CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon (Classic - Thunderbird, Socket A) @ 800 MHz)


• Memory: 2 GB RAM


• Graphics: ATI RADEON family (possibly the RADEON 7200, or something with the same chipset), 32 or 64 MB video RAM. I think this was in the AGP slot on the motherboard.


• Sound: Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16, possibly a Sound Blaster Pro, connected to 3.5" jack with 2.1 speakers (hell yeah, subwoofer!), 3.5" jack microphone


• Inputs/Peripherals: Keyboard (PS/2), Mouse (PS/2), HP Inkjet Printer (USB 2.0), 100MBit Ethernet (RJ45, CAT-5 cable)


• Storage: 500 GB internal Hard Disk Drive, DVD-ROM Optical Media Drive, CD-RW Optical Media Drive


• Operating System: Mandrake Linux 9.0, Windows XP

( Rebuffed By The Penguin )