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    What was your first Linux/Unix distro?

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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
                      last edited by bigbear

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

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

                      0_1508433873687_Pdp-11-40.jpg

                      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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