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Way back when Moby Dick was a minnow ('99 I think) I started using Redhat 5.2 Deluxe Edition 2 CD set that I bought from a rummage/discount bin at Best Buy. I think I paid $5.00 for it.....farted around with it, ruined my CPU by removing it and inserting it wrong.....on reboot it said PPHHHHZZZZZZ ZZAPPPopopop. :twisted:
Got another machine and installed it on there, been digging life ever since. It's been a helluva ride I can say that.
I found a Suse 9 disk in a book but I could not deal with it. I then bought a box of Suse 10 installation disks which
made me go out on the hunt for an external modem so that I could use it on the internet.
suse 1 or 2 on some floppy disks. With kde1, that wood theme really sucked and it was so slow.
After the change to redhat I never switched back to suse again. I like to have different config files instead of one big one
Installed Ubuntu 8.04 over Windows XP on my laptop. Untouched for 6 months... then got internet access... been using Ubuntu (amongst others) for 6 years. I put linux on everything I can. Rockbox on my Sansa Fuze, OS2008 on my Nokia N810, Android on my Nexus 7, Mint 14 on old laptop, Ubuntu 12.04 on PC and new laptop, Ubuntu inside Windows 8 with VirtualBox at work, Ubuntu server... WHY DO SO FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS?!
Because you've been hoarding it all for yourself! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by aomimezura
I've been trying to turn people onto Linux for a long time. They just don't care. They look at you like you fell out of a tree when you try to explain Linux to them. I've managed to convert our son, that's about it.
My first distro was ASPlinux.
After its death, I tried OpenSuse (3 days) — leave it as it was very ugly; then I tried Mandriva (used it for 3 or 4 years). After Mandriva's death I turned to Archlinux. But it's almost dead now (systemd and other unusable things), so I look for a new distro. I think, it would be gentoo or slackware. When they would die, I even don't know what to use, maybe BSD?
For me it was in the late 90's - probly around '98. We had a copy of RedHat 3.x (3.6 I think) and 4 in the office, and I borrowed the disks. I think the first version I got hold of myself was RedHat 6. I've probably still got the disks somewhere.
Green hand on Linux. I first tried CENTOS and It was real bad exoerience. After installation , I simply didn't know how to config network staff and quitted on Linux. Then I found Ubuntu a good one to start and now I'm using Ubuntu 12.01
Yeah, the Ubuntu family (including Mint) makes for a good starting point for Linux newcomers. They have enough automated tools to help make the transition a smoother one.:)