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Your first distribution (self.linux)

submitted 10 months ago by Tekkip20 to c/[email protected]

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What was the first ever distro you installed and used? For me, it was Mint as I seemed like the closest thing to Windows minus all the forced updates and chappy changes.

Currently on Fedora GNOME now but what about you? What made you choose your first distro diving into the world of Linux?

I wanna hear your thoughts!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ubuntu 11 netbook remix. Currently on Fedora Onyx on my laptop and Kinoite on Desktop.

[–] backseat 1 points 10 months ago

SLS (Softlanding Linux System) was my first.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think the first distribution I tried was Fedora on my PlayStation 3 around 2007. From what I remember, you had to use terminal a lot so I couldn’t do anything with it.

Then a few months later I tried Ubuntu on an old Dell computer from my father’s office.

Dual booted windows and Ubuntu for years until fully switching to Linux around 2021.

Now I’m only using Fedora with a few virtual machines for some specific needs.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The first distro I used would be CentOS, followed closely by Gentoo. CentOS was installed on the computers in the computer lab in college, and Gentoo was on the computers in the library. I think I went to the computer lab first. I'm probably biased against those two now, since every time I was using them I was banging my head against the keyboard trying to get some programming assignment to work, or desperately finishing a paper before midnight. :P

The first I installed and used myself was Ubuntu, which I still use. I just bought a System76 laptop, though, and I'm debating if I'll just go with Pop OS or switch to Debian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My first was Linux Mint as well because it was more simplistic and cinnamon is really simple to use, good extensions available and stable for the most part, sometimes happened memory leaks but fixed on version 5.8; currently using Debian RC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ubuntu, 2005

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Mandrake.

And then to Debian and to Ubuntu for a good time. Now using Arch mainly to avoid Snap & Flatpak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I had messed around with various distros in the mid 2000's but never more than a day. Just as a "this seems neat" kinda thing. Recently I wised up, tried Zorin OS was on that for a year, then went back to windows for a while. now I'm running EndeavorOS and there isn't even a windows partition on this machine, I will not be going back. Still debating setting up QEMU for the only windows only program I miss though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ubuntu Studio 8.04, I believe. I was a broke high schooler looking for free recording software.

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