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    What was your first Linux/Unix distro?

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

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

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

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

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                        What was the war like, grandpa?

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                          travisdh1
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                          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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                            nadnerB
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                            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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                              dbeato
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                              First Linux Distro was Ubuntu 6.04 and Mandriva 7.0

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                                matteo nunziati @travisdh1
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                                @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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