LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General
Reload this Page What Was Your First Linux Distro?
User Name
Password
Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion.
If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place.

Notices


View Poll Results: What Was Your First Linux Distro?
Arch 6 0.23%
Bodhi 2 0.08%
CentOS 30 1.14%
Damn Small 8 0.30%
Debian 144 5.48%
Fedora 97 3.69%
Gentoo 11 0.42%
LFS 3 0.11%
Knoppix 52 1.98%
Lindows 8 0.30%
Mageia 0 0%
Mandrake 234 8.91%
Manjaro 4 0.15%
MEPIS 16 0.61%
Mint 88 3.35%
Novell 6 0.23%
openSUSE 50 1.90%
Other 92 3.50%
PCLinuxOS 18 0.69%
Puppy 23 0.88%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 24 0.91%
Red Hat Linux 452 17.21%
Sabayon 2 0.08%
Scientific 0 0%
Slackware 502 19.12%
SLS 29 1.10%
Sorcerer 1 0.04%
SuSE 183 6.97%
Turbolinux 11 0.42%
Ubuntu 436 16.60%
Vector 5 0.19%
Yellow Dog 10 0.38%
Yggdrasil 33 1.26%
Zorin 5 0.19%
Conectiva 6 0.23%
Linspire 4 0.15%
Mandriva 27 1.03%
MX Linux 1 0.04%
Pop_OS! 3 0.11%
Voters: 2626. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
Page 66 of 70 « First 16566465 66 6768 Last »
  Search this Thread
Old 11-13-2022, 04:46 AM   #976
brucecadieux1
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Nov 2022
Posts: 3

Rep: Reputation: 0

RedHat v2 1995. I couldn't stand Windows and was looking for an alternative. RedHat it was. I have been using Linux ever since.
 
Old 11-13-2022, 02:40 PM   #977
lclaire
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Apr 2012
Location: France
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 5

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Slackware since 1998 (I think, it's so long away). Very strong and safety.I never changed, and I am happy to continue with it, thanks to PV.
 
Old 12-06-2022, 03:56 PM   #978
rayusa
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Feb 2022
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
rayusa
my first exposer was linux mandrak 8.1.
 
Old 12-09-2022, 03:51 PM   #979
Handelbar41
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Dec 2022
Location: Keller texas
Distribution: Linux-Mint-21-cinnamon
Posts: 5

Rep: Reputation: 0
First Linux
First Linux SUSE 10.6. Learning and upgrading thru several distros
 
Old 02-01-2023, 01:54 PM   #980
kdericson
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Feb 2023
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
My First Linux Distro
Yggdrasil - distributed on a ton of 3-1/2" "floppy" disks.
Around 1992, as I recall...
(I think somewhere around here I still have the disks and the tome that was its "User Manual."
 
Old 02-01-2023, 01:55 PM   #981
mperu99
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 5

Rep: Reputation: 0
Does Unix count? or AIX count?
Technically i first used *Nix in 1993 on a AT&T 3B2 LAN system , the later on 1995-2006 on a NOVELL and IBM RS/6000 AIX

during that time frame i also played with LINDOWS and Mandrake.
 
Old 02-01-2023, 03:02 PM   #982
fragamemnon
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2011
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
Yggdrasil - Fall 1994 edition on CDROM w/Rockridge extentions!

I still have it if anyone would like to journey back in time
 
Old 02-01-2023, 03:18 PM   #983
hiohsilver
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Oct 2007
Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada
Distribution: linux SUSE 10.2
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
first linux
first linux distro was open susie
 
Old 02-01-2023, 03:26 PM   #984
sunnystrapp
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 2

Rep: Reputation: 0
Ubuntu was the first
 
Old 02-01-2023, 03:58 PM   #985
Je-nun
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Jena
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
My first distro was SuSe 4.3 (around 1993/-4?)
 
Old 02-01-2023, 04:06 PM   #986
danden
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Nov 2014
Posts: 5

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
red hat *but*
I was a very early tinkerer. Red Hat was the first distro I installed, but slackware was right there too. The first distro I really got into was suse though. then debian. Then went full ricer with Gentoo.

Now it's ubuntu or fedora and life is boring :/
 
Old 02-01-2023, 04:40 PM   #987
jackreyes@consultant.com
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jun 2011
Posts: 2

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
First Linux version
I installed and used both SuSE and CentOS for the first time in 2009.
 
Old 02-01-2023, 04:43 PM   #988
andypal
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Feb 2016
Location: Regina,Saskatchewan,Canada
Distribution: pclinuxos
Posts: 3

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
First i downloaded and installed Red Hat but had great difficultiess to use it
then tried Mandriva and when its constuctors(?) went into "war" i opted for

PCLinuxOS

now it is a sole os on my laptop Lenovo ideapad 330

please do not ask for dates, i am 80 now!
Last edited by andypal; 02-01-2023 at 04:44 PM.
 
Old 02-01-2023, 05:02 PM   #989
axsimulate
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jul 2019
Posts: 4

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
My first distro was Red Hat linux around 1995.
 
Old 02-01-2023, 05:23 PM   #990
uhav2Laf
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Nov 2017
Posts: 6

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux v2 1997 - 98
Last edited by uhav2Laf; 02-01-2023 at 05:24 PM. Reason: update
 
  


Reply
Page 66 of 70 « First 16566465 66 6768 Last »



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Which Linux Distro? Most complete out of the box Linux distro? P@trick99 Linux - Newbie 18 06-18-2014 07:19 AM
Help with deleting a linux distro partition to install another linux distro instead gexecuter Linux - Newbie 1 08-04-2007 04:44 PM
LXer: DistroWatch Weekly: Distro hopping, Linux Format's distro mega-test LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 06-11-2007 04:47 AM
want to remove linux distro & replace it with a different distro deardoom Linux - Newbie 5 03-20-2006 06:14 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:33 AM.

Contact Us - Advertising Info - Rules - Privacy - LQ Merchandise - Donations - Contributing Member - LQ Sitemap -
Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration