At the time, I bought a boxed copy of 7.0 at Wal-Mart of all places. That was my first introduction to Linux. Mandrake was easy enough that I could fumble through and learned a ton in the process. Grateful for its existence and the fact that they had a retail version for someone without reliable Internet access at the time
I thought it would be “Belgium” - that’s what I learned from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy anyway
I’m sure he’ll bounce back