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    What was your first Linux/Unix distro?

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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      @gjacobse all fancy and stuff.

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse @gjacobse
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        @gjacobse

        The platter drive:

        http://staff.salisbury.edu/~rafantini/IMAGES/pdp11/rl01a.JPG

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse
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          What I played Oregon Trail on in the mid 70's

          http://staff.salisbury.edu/~rafantini/IMAGES/pdp11/decwrit.JPG

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @triple9
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            @triple9 said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

            RedHat Linux 4 Colgate 1996, even had original CD box :). At about same time tried Slackware, but I decided to stay with RH. At that time I volunteered at the university computer center where we had VAX/VMS host and couple of HP-UX workstations. We used RH as PPP server, Web and email server and students used it for shell access. Great days.

            Slackware wow I remember that!

            First setup was an early RedHat version of some type. Set up a server for some security software but no longer recall what. It was between 1998 and 2000 as I was working for ADT at the time.

            After that I did not do much until the mid 2000's. Then I was always using CentOS 4/5. I tried a few various versions of Linux based operating systems and absolutely hated Ubuntu.

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre
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              My first one was umm... Debian. I got it on CD from a magazine somewhere.

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              • M
                marcinozga
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                Corel Linux. Then I think RedHat 3 or 4, and Mandrake, I don't remember the version now.

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                • brandon220B
                  brandon220
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                  Redhat no gui was my first exposure to linux. Shortly after, Suse.

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                  • jmooreJ
                    jmoore
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                    I was about 20 at the time so around 1993-1994 and my first then was whatever red hat version it was up to by then, sorry don't remember more than that. Came in big book with cd i believe. wish i still had that book but ex girlfriend threw it away

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @jmoore
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                      @jmoore said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                      I was about 20 at the time so around 1993-1994 and my first then was whatever red hat version it was up to by then, sorry don't remember more than that. Came in big book with cd i believe. wish i still had that book but ex girlfriend threw it away

                      RH wasn't even out then! 🙂 RH 1 was 1995.

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                      • matteo nunziatiM
                        matteo nunziati @Dashrender
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                        @dashrender slackware linux don't remember the version. First comment was:WTF. Second one was: cool you can recompile the os. Third was: hei I was used to have a modem...

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                        • jmooreJ
                          jmoore @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller well guess that was it, hard to rememeber, if it was 1995 then i was 21. I liked it btw

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                          • jt1001001J
                            jt1001001
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                            I think Slackware from a Walnut Creek cd that someone acquired. I did not do much with it though just tinkering at the time.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @jt1001001
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                              @jt1001001 said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                              I think Slackware from a Walnut Creek cd that someone acquired. I did not do much with it though just tinkering at the time.

                              OMG, Walnut Creek!

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                              • stacksofplatesS
                                stacksofplates
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                                This whole thread makes me feel like I'm the youngest person here.

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @stacksofplates
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                                  @stacksofplates said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                                  This whole thread makes me feel like I'm the youngest person here.

                                  If wired was here you probably wouldn't be.
                                  😉

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                                  • bigbearB
                                    bigbear @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                                    For those wondering, this is a DEC PDP11...

                                    0_1508433873687_Pdp-11-40.jpg

                                    What was the war like, grandpa?

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                                    • travisdh1T
                                      travisdh1
                                      last edited by travisdh1

                                      How did I miss this thread?

                                      IRIX - SGI Equipment, 1996

                                      1x Origin 2000 Server
                                      4x 64-bit CPU,
                                      1GB RAM,
                                      8x300GB 15k SCSI HDD

                                      Should I be concerned that I still remember the server specs?
                                      0_1508466194371_6d0f8bb2-a2ca-46d3-930a-7fb5a5251128-image.png
                                      4x Octane Workstations
                                      0_1508466293103_09b7d8de-3b01-432e-b324-102a9e32a76d-image.png
                                      2x O2 Workstations
                                      0_1508466410839_7bc44290-b58f-4fd1-95e9-a856c5e76ee0-image.png
                                      Finally, 4x Indigo2 Workstations
                                      0_1508466492288_1c053187-679e-4bab-8973-ae1ba8b9dd8c-image.png

                                      It was expensive, but man they made good looking kit!

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                                      • nadnerBN
                                        nadnerB
                                        last edited by nadnerB

                                        I first started with Ubuntu I believe it was 7.1.

                                        I've been in an on again/off again relationship with the OS ever since.

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                                        • dbeatoD
                                          dbeato
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                                          First Linux Distro was Ubuntu 6.04 and Mandriva 7.0

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                                          • matteo nunziatiM
                                            matteo nunziati @travisdh1
                                            last edited by

                                            @travisdh1 said in What was your first Linux/Unix distro?:

                                            How did I miss this thread?

                                            IRIX - SGI Equipment, 1996

                                            1x Origin 2000 Server
                                            4x 64-bit CPU,
                                            1GB RAM,
                                            8x300GB 15k SCSI HDD

                                            Should I be concerned that I still remember the server specs?
                                            0_1508466194371_6d0f8bb2-a2ca-46d3-930a-7fb5a5251128-image.png
                                            4x Octane Workstations
                                            0_1508466293103_09b7d8de-3b01-432e-b324-102a9e32a76d-image.png
                                            2x O2 Workstations
                                            0_1508466410839_7bc44290-b58f-4fd1-95e9-a856c5e76ee0-image.png
                                            Finally, 4x Indigo2 Workstations
                                            0_1508466492288_1c053187-679e-4bab-8973-ae1ba8b9dd8c-image.png

                                            It was expensive, but man they made good looking kit!

                                            My bet was on you and irix or similar 🙂

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