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    What was your first Linux/Unix distro?

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    • dafyreD
      dafyre
      last edited by

      My first one was umm... Debian. I got it on CD from a magazine somewhere.

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      • M
        marcinozga
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        Corel Linux. Then I think RedHat 3 or 4, and Mandrake, I don't remember the version now.

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        • brandon220B
          brandon220
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          Redhat no gui was my first exposure to linux. Shortly after, Suse.

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          • jmooreJ
            jmoore
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            I was about 20 at the time so around 1993-1994 and my first then was whatever red hat version it was up to by then, sorry don't remember more than that. Came in big book with cd i believe. wish i still had that book but ex girlfriend threw it away

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @jmoore
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              @jmoore said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

              I was about 20 at the time so around 1993-1994 and my first then was whatever red hat version it was up to by then, sorry don't remember more than that. Came in big book with cd i believe. wish i still had that book but ex girlfriend threw it away

              RH wasn't even out then! 🙂 RH 1 was 1995.

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              • matteo nunziatiM
                matteo nunziati @Dashrender
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                @dashrender slackware linux don't remember the version. First comment was:WTF. Second one was: cool you can recompile the os. Third was: hei I was used to have a modem...

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                • jmooreJ
                  jmoore @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller well guess that was it, hard to rememeber, if it was 1995 then i was 21. I liked it btw

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                  • jt1001001J
                    jt1001001
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                    I think Slackware from a Walnut Creek cd that someone acquired. I did not do much with it though just tinkering at the time.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @jt1001001
                      last edited by

                      @jt1001001 said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                      I think Slackware from a Walnut Creek cd that someone acquired. I did not do much with it though just tinkering at the time.

                      OMG, Walnut Creek!

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates
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                        This whole thread makes me feel like I'm the youngest person here.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @stacksofplates
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                          @stacksofplates said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                          This whole thread makes me feel like I'm the youngest person here.

                          If wired was here you probably wouldn't be.
                          😉

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                          • bigbearB
                            bigbear @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                            For those wondering, this is a DEC PDP11...

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                            What was the war like, grandpa?

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1
                              last edited by travisdh1

                              How did I miss this thread?

                              IRIX - SGI Equipment, 1996

                              1x Origin 2000 Server
                              4x 64-bit CPU,
                              1GB RAM,
                              8x300GB 15k SCSI HDD

                              Should I be concerned that I still remember the server specs?
                              0_1508466194371_6d0f8bb2-a2ca-46d3-930a-7fb5a5251128-image.png
                              4x Octane Workstations
                              0_1508466293103_09b7d8de-3b01-432e-b324-102a9e32a76d-image.png
                              2x O2 Workstations
                              0_1508466410839_7bc44290-b58f-4fd1-95e9-a856c5e76ee0-image.png
                              Finally, 4x Indigo2 Workstations
                              0_1508466492288_1c053187-679e-4bab-8973-ae1ba8b9dd8c-image.png

                              It was expensive, but man they made good looking kit!

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                              • nadnerBN
                                nadnerB
                                last edited by nadnerB

                                I first started with Ubuntu I believe it was 7.1.

                                I've been in an on again/off again relationship with the OS ever since.

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                                • dbeatoD
                                  dbeato
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                                  First Linux Distro was Ubuntu 6.04 and Mandriva 7.0

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                                  • matteo nunziatiM
                                    matteo nunziati @travisdh1
                                    last edited by

                                    @travisdh1 said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                                    How did I miss this thread?

                                    IRIX - SGI Equipment, 1996

                                    1x Origin 2000 Server
                                    4x 64-bit CPU,
                                    1GB RAM,
                                    8x300GB 15k SCSI HDD

                                    Should I be concerned that I still remember the server specs?
                                    0_1508466194371_6d0f8bb2-a2ca-46d3-930a-7fb5a5251128-image.png
                                    4x Octane Workstations
                                    0_1508466293103_09b7d8de-3b01-432e-b324-102a9e32a76d-image.png
                                    2x O2 Workstations
                                    0_1508466410839_7bc44290-b58f-4fd1-95e9-a856c5e76ee0-image.png
                                    Finally, 4x Indigo2 Workstations
                                    0_1508466492288_1c053187-679e-4bab-8973-ae1ba8b9dd8c-image.png

                                    It was expensive, but man they made good looking kit!

                                    My bet was on you and irix or similar 🙂

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