How old were you when you installed your first Linux distro?

ritziyap · 10-23-2006, 11:49 AM

18 = red hat 6
23 = suse 9.1

now, 25 = slackware 11

=P

hallamigo · 10-23-2006, 11:52 AM

24 years old ... wish it had been sooner.

Shinigami-Sama · 10-24-2006, 09:00 PM

18 when I first attempted to install *nix
tried
k/unbuntu
redhat
suse
slackware
before finding out my laptop doesn't like linux
then I found I could boot into gentoo as a liveCD

few months later school started and one of my last courses was a unix course
so we got and old redhat version

now this year I use Solaris
bit awkward but it's nice

alienux · 10-24-2006, 10:41 PM

I was probably about 27 when I first installed Linux (I believe it was Red Hat 4.something). I'm 34 now, so I guess that was in the late 90s.

quincy_the_penquin · 10-25-2006, 09:50 PM

12. I think it was something based on Debian.

ShyLikeElvis · 10-26-2006, 03:05 PM

I was 13 then it happened. It was ancient Linux Red Hat
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andygo · 11-04-2006, 11:23 AM

My first distro was Mandrake 8.2 and I was 19
Now I'm old/experienced enough to use gentoo

slantoflight · 11-04-2006, 08:06 PM

You know what I find amusing.

If this were a conversation with a non-geek, we'd probably be talking about the age when we first lost our virginity.

Hitboxx · 11-04-2006, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slantoflight

You know what I find amusing.

If this were a conversation with a non-geek, we'd probably be talking about the age when we first lost our virginity.

I'm a non-geek and still a virgin

Shinigami-Sama · 11-04-2006, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slantoflight

You know what I find amusing.

If this were a conversation with a non-geek, we'd probably be talking about the age when we first lost our virginity.

you can lose it a second time?
never knew

Tuttle · 11-04-2006, 09:43 PM

Hi, I'm a prostitute!

josenj · 11-04-2006, 10:59 PM

I used RedHat as my first distro about 9 years old (Age 21). Now I use Debian.

slantoflight · 11-05-2006, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shinigami-Sama

you can lose it a second time?

with drugs...you can.

sleepindawg · 11-05-2006, 07:42 AM

i cant really remember, lets see....... i believe it was 7 or 8 years ago(RedHat 4.0), that would've made me 34 i believe. But, i challenged my then 10y.o. daughter to install her own linux as well and she did better than i did....lol i believe her distro was redhat5.0....

dubz_444 · 11-05-2006, 09:23 AM

redhat 5.2 at 14. dropped redhat at 8.0 . now on slack 11 at 20!