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

**lao_v** · 02-10-2005

2 months

**Opnosforatou** · 02-10-2005

Since the early days. Guess that would make 1994/1995

**lao_v** · 02-10-2005

So do u think Linux has changed much? If so then for better or worse?

**Opnosforatou** · 02-10-2005

It has changed, a lot.
Something for better some for worst.
In those days (Slackware v1) linux was small.
Take mandrake or Fedora or Suse distro's these days.
They're huge monstars compared to Slack V1.
(Hack, it's comparing Apples to Oranges, I know... but you'll get the idea.)

But I think that Linux is on the corner of breaking through, you'll see specialist distro's, workstation, Home / Work, Server ; Home / Work. etc. etc

I'm curious, we'll have to wait and see.

**PsypherPunk** · 02-10-2005

Hmm...first used Red Hat (4 or 5 i think) back at University, about 5 years ago. Bugged to jiggery, as i recall (mostly due to departmental tinkering). Definitely come a long way, even in that time.

**tfk** · 02-10-2005

I had my first encounter with GNU/Linux back in 1998.

**techieMoe** · 02-10-2005

Since Redhat 6, IIRC. Probably about 5 or 6 years. Linux has definitely improved since those days. Distributions like SuSE have made it less of a "riding by the seat of your pants" thrill to install it, but I suppose given the choice between a stable, fully configured install every time and the hit-and-miss "it could hose your whole system or not" experience that I had back in those days, I'll take the shiny installer.

**jeremy1701** · 02-10-2005

Redhat 6 was my first adventure with Linux at school.
Suse 7.2 was my first at home.

Jeremy

**Gnux** · 02-10-2005

I personnaly use Linux since July 2003 I found by chance a slack 9.0 in a review when I got no os for a pc it was a real discovery

**loft306** · 02-10-2005

fall of 2003 SuSE 8.2 then Gentoo

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