View Poll Results: How long have you been using Linux?

**sether** · 02-12-2005

I've been seriously using Linux since 2001, starting with Redhat, but I played around with Caldera OpenLinux (

uke: ) and TurbLinux before then.

**sealfood** · 02-12-2005

I started late last year but really my first encounter was abt three years ago when I tried to instal Suse 6.3 on an old PC. The install failed so I was never able to use it.

The first one I installed was FC1 which I was impressed by but it didn't really suit my old P11 PC.

I then installed Mandrake which was an easy install and worked well and still works well.

Then Xandros, which was a pice of pi** to install: I had a rabbit and she could have installed it: it made installing Windows look difficult. I still use Xandros.

Now I have installed Mepis which went badly at first, a real comedy of errors, but after all was properly ready for it the install was easy.

I'm like a child in a sweet shop with Linux. I am still full of amazement that I can get an operating system that's free and that includes all the apps I cld possibly want with it when Microsoft is generousely offering in the Asian market a really cut down (aka crippled) version of Windows and charging for it. What a generous bunch they are.

**AlexK** · 02-17-2005

I first started with Red Hat 6 and then SUSE 6 (I think?) on antiquated hardware for the times. It took me days to get any kind of network card detected (10 Base-T when everyone was on 100 Base-T) and was impossible to set up a server of any kind.

But these days, I have servers set up and firewalled wihin a few hours. It sure has come a long way.

Viva Linux! :rock:

**geese** · 02-20-2005

I first tried a copy of Maximum Linux some time in 2000. I could not get things to work just right so went back to windows. Only about two months ago . . realy frustrated with XP I tried SuSE 9.1 personal. Its working great but I plan to build an AND64 system so I am getting 9.2.

**dialtone** · 02-24-2005

About 1 year for me. Before that i used Linux about 5 year ago for some time. Hope to make it my "full time" OS now.

**nalg0rath** · 02-25-2005

I started using Linux in 2000, some version of Slackware was my lucky first...

**someguy23** · 02-25-2005

My first encounter with linux was about 9 months ago, I installed redhat 9 on my desktop box, but I ended up going back to winxp since then i'ev being going back and forward between windows and linux. But now I think I'll stay with linux, windows doesnt feel natural anymore, windows feels like a cartoon with the help bubbles and securtiy centre that just won't go away!!!

**Flatline** · 02-25-2005

I started messing with *nix about 3-4 years ago

**11evele** · 02-26-2005

i helped run unix servers in my highschool the last two years haha but i graduated in 98 soooo i have forgotten a lot :/ i only started using linux middle of last year and now i have two linux boxes to **** with and my windows box. i mostly stick with my windows box for the audio production programs and dreamweaver though i'm trying to get into NVU and well photoshop....i havent really used gimp though. anyway i have found some good help here and appreciate this community. see you around!

**UniXoiDe** · 02-26-2005

I meet linux at first time with Red Hat 5.
I used Linux and WinNT/W2K.
since 2 years, I'm using only linux Red Hat Entreprise Advanced Server as server and RH8/9 on my Laptop.

Everythnig is ok, without MS

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