How did you learn about linux

[zeru]

It's pretty interesting to me how did everyone of you found about linux

[a12ctic]

I dont remember it was very long ago and i didnt try it for a while then i got redhat 9 and had been using it on and off for about 2 years now ive made the full swich and have been running ubuntu for about 6 months

[netdaemon862]

A friend from college introduced me to it, I did some research and set up a dual boot, and here I am today Windows free (except in the classroom =|)

[oz]

I've been using it going on 7 years now but still learning each and every day. Heard about it from online friends about 8 years ago.

[spencerf]

I lived with two kids who had graduated college with computer science degrees and they used linux. I used to have a gateway laptop and it was great for about 6 months and then I was invaded with multiple viruses and trojan-spyware crap. I was also in my 2nd year of lawschool and was tired of reading,eating,drinking law so I wanted a new hobby not involving drugs-alcohol as that was basically the choice during my college years so I started with Fedora Core 4 and then quickly changed to SUSE and then even quicker to Gentoo. That was about a year ago and since then have learned basically everything from this forum, googling, and installing gentoo and configuring different things through trial and error.

[oosterhouse]

I've been using it going on 7 years now but still learning each and every day. Heard about it from online friends about 8 years ago.

Someday I hope to be able to say that.

I've been using linux for a month, I remember I heard of it a while ago but could never figure out what to download from the ftp site and how to burn the iso. Now I'm getting better with linux but I'm still such a newb. I HEARD about linux probably just from the internet, I just thought it was something hackers used...I had no clue lol.

[Cabhan]

When I got more involved in computers, I decided on a whim to pick up Red Hat 9 at CompUSA.

And that triggered my Linux usage for the past 2 years.

[celticgeek]

I learned about GNU/Linux from a friend who was into this sort of thing. I started using it in July 1999, and have used/tried out various distros since thn. I am now using CentOS 4.2 both at home and for the consulting work I am doing. More information on the various distros at:

http://www.celticgeek.com

[oosterhouse]

I learned about GNU/Linux from a friend who was into this sort of thing. I started using it in July 1999, and have used/tried out various distros since thn. I am now using CentOS 4.2 both at home and for the consulting work I am doing. More information on the various distros at:

http://www.celticgeek.com

No hobbies, celticgeek?

[kbk]

My friend that I met on Bombshock, and who has helped me immensely in just about everything, told me about DSL. At the time I could've cared less, but after the 3rd Winblows crash I asked him for a little more info. At the same time my cousin was in town form TX, he is really into computers and stuff so I figured I would ask him. Turns out he knew a hell of alot about it and even made me a copy of KNOPPIX 3.4 and I tried it out. I liked it but wasn't really sure what the hell to do with it. After the 5th Winblows crash I tried it again, then came here and got more info. The rest is history.....