How many years of 'Linux' experience do you have?

Robert.Thompson · 07-21-2011, 08:57 AM

Just curious.

Edit: How many years have you been actively using and learning the Linux operating system.

Arcane · 07-21-2011, 09:11 AM

Years don't matter because if you are not interested gaining experience more than is needed to get your basic daily needs fullfilled then even after 100 years you bee "noobish" but to answer question - maybe 1 or 2 but in fragmented calendar view.

sycamorex · 07-21-2011, 09:18 AM

If by 'linux experience' you mean 'using linux', than I fall into the 6-7 category. There are vast areas of 'linux' that I'm still a total noob.

brianL · 07-21-2011, 09:43 AM

About 6 years, but I'm a lazy learner so my real level of experience would be about a week.

Hungry ghost · 07-21-2011, 10:38 AM

I voted "4 to 5 years", but I just realized I have around 6 to 7 years of linux experience (if you can call messing with many distros "experience"). Although I know the basics of the OS and usually I can make my way around, I still consider myself a newbie.

bluegospel · 07-21-2011, 10:48 AM

I've been serious about Linux for under a year. And I'm as inexperienced with technical computing in general as I am with Linux, so I think the learning curve is much steeper for me than for other newbies to Linux.

Nylex · 07-21-2011, 03:09 PM

The poll options possibly aren't the best, as you can't select, e.g. "5-6 years". I chose 4-5 as that's the most "conservative" estimate. I've been using Linux full-time since Slackware 10.1, which was released in 2005.

MrCode · 07-21-2011, 03:17 PM

I think I've used some kind of Linux-based OS for at least a couple years now (or perhaps between 1.5 and 2?

), so I voted "2 to 3 years", but I think as far as actual knowledge is concerned, I'm probably only about a month or two in, if that.

I dunno, maybe I'm underestimating myself (as people tell me I often do

).

IOW, duration of usage != knowledge/experience.

PrinceCruise · 07-21-2011, 03:55 PM

Experience in years, 4 to 5 years.
Honestly, forever N00b, no doubt about it.

frieza · 07-21-2011, 06:04 PM

i've been using, experimenting with, and learning about linux for the past 11-12 years, my first install had a 2.2.x kernel and was part of a powerpc mac distribution called 'yellowdog linux'

Diantre · 07-21-2011, 08:39 PM

I've been using Linux exclusively (at home at least) since 1999. But as others in this thread say, there are plenty of areas where I'm a completely clueless n00b. I learn something new about Linux all the time.

FredGSanford · 07-21-2011, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

If by 'linux experience' you mean 'using linux', than I fall into the 6-7 category. There are vast areas of 'linux' that I'm still a total noob.

What he said...applies to me also.

rkski · 07-21-2011, 09:32 PM

I've been with Linux about the same time I joined LQ, 2-3 years.
I've learned alot in that time but probably know < 1% there is to know in the vast Linux world.
I started and stuck with Fedora/CentOS and am hoping to become RHCE certified some day.

jefro · 07-21-2011, 10:09 PM

I am counting from the time I first downloaded BSD from a bulletin board. That was in 1992 but really I worked on sperry rand systems before that.

I guess I could go back to basic programming in 1973 but that would make me real old.

Cultist · 07-22-2011, 06:02 AM

my very first Linux experience was with Mandriva 6 or 7 years ago, but I was primarily a Windows user up til maybe 2 years ago.