Mandrake

Mandriva It was a great introduction into Linux around 2000

My first Linux version was Red Hat Linux in the late 1990's. Before that I used SVR2 Unix and Solaris at work before I retired.

Xandros was my first installed Linux. Had played with Red Hat before that.

Linux Mint (Cinnamon) 17.1. Now running Linux Mint (Cinnamon) 19.3.

Long live Linux Mint (Cinnamon)!

Slackware 3.3 back 1997/98. My coworker and I were AIX and Solaris sys admins at our company and he introduced me to Slackware.

Does anyone remember these speed demons?

https://vgamuseum.ru/gpu/cirrus-logi...gic-cl-gd5428/

https://www.amazon.com/CIRRUS-LOGIC-.../dp/B00456OJR0 $176.25 ????? much more than it was offered for in 1996....

The cirrus logic cl-gd5428 and ATI Mach cards were some of the very few with X11 at that time supported.

cheers

I first tried minix a few times, did some recompiling. Then the 0.99 Linux kernels. Bought an Yggdrasil distro around '92-93, and played with that. Over the years have tried all the major distro's, enjoyed most of them, recompiling the kernel as needed, as we went from the 386 to 486 to Pentium, etc...

Just finished installing the 32 bit Mint 19.3 on an old laptop (2GB RAM, 320 GB) - about 2005 I think. Works like a charm! Also pretty quick with a 128GB SSD.

Great fun!

My first Linux was Slackware 3.2 in a CD by Walnut Creek in 1997

Slackware in the mid-90s.

My first Linux was Mint, then I tried a variety of other and I still download the ISO of many and try them. But I always come back to Mint MATE.
I first heard about Linux in 2000, but rest assured I promote Linix to everyone I can.
First and favourite Kernels. I don't know as I just use whatever is in the ISO.

For all of the right reasons, Debian is the most forward-looking choice. Yes, I get the 'open software' principle in its limit. And I agree that Linux is the operating system engine-of-choice. Indeed the command-line interface has been badly neglected in computer software education. Just a minimal system, with a graphical user interface would help when trying to install for new users.

In the interim, I will pay for scripts, by the line, custom-written to my specifications, that will 'drive this dogie' to the green pasture. I will learn faster from examples of working code than by trying to fathom the mysteries of a cryptic user interface that has much entertainment value in de-ciphering it's mnemonics.

For all practical purposes, I will stay with generation 7 software, outdated, configured to an OEM state of no external intervention (yes, it is possible) from the source, and look for someone that can write scripts and get paid per line without beating me over the head with techno-morality.

Any takers?
A female is preferred, over 40, and
with Bachelors in Math or CS, etc.
Can you communicate in writing well?
They say a patient man gets everything.

Redhat off a magazine circa 2000/2001. Now on Linux Mint latest

First Linux release I tried was Knoppix on an old Windows XP desktop. It was too slow, so I tried Puppy Linux next and was satisfied with the performance. I next moved to Linux Mint 19.1.

The first distro I installed began with an "M", had a murky interface, and wouldn't connect to the Internet. As I needed email and a browser for work purposes I gave up on it.
Next up was Fedora Core 4 with GNOME. As I needed a text editor capable of showing a wordcount I switched to KDE. I have stuck with KDE through many distros, ending up with Manjaro.