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    What was your first Linux/Unix distro?

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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
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                    @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
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                            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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