The Linux/*Nix Experience

X11 · 04-20-2002, 04:31 AM

Just a few questions to add that poll.

1)How long have you been working with Linux and other Unix-based OSes?
2) Where did you get most of help and info (tutorials,how-to's, troubleshooting,news,etc) on Linux/Unix-based OSes, before you found out this great site?
3)What was your first Linux distro/ flavor of *nix?

chuky · 04-20-2002, 06:17 AM

1) half a year
2) howtos and forums
3) Red-Hat

u02gtt · 04-20-2002, 07:10 AM

1)S month or so

2)howto's, Linux format magazine, and just messing around seeing what things do (the most)

3)Toms small boot floppy (if that counts) or peanut linux, but peanut would never install properly, and was very slow (installed on DOS) which kinda put me off.

ps - absolute

( i always want to use that but never have a reason to)

Psycho · 04-20-2002, 10:37 AM

1. About 3 1/2 years at home.
2. Howtos, Linux sites / forums, ldp, /usr/share/docs
3 RedHat

trickykid · 04-20-2002, 01:13 PM

1. A little over 2 years, maybe close to 2 1/2 now. Got heavy into it about a year and a half ago.
2. Internet
3. Turbolinux

Syncrm · 04-20-2002, 02:06 PM

1) about a year now
2) my cousin and man pages
3) redhat

taz.devil · 04-20-2002, 02:19 PM

1.) Couple years, just over 1 year fulltime.

2.) Internet resources & manuals.

3.) I could say that I tried to install Slackware back in '93,
whereas I got it to boot. But my first seriously used distro
was Mandrake 7.0

Dutch3 · 04-20-2002, 02:34 PM

1. 18 months
2. Websites/forums/Linux mags
3. Tried Suse, went on to Red Hat, settled with Mandrake.

DMR · 04-20-2002, 04:21 PM

1. About 2 years; but unfortunately not full-time

2. man pages, howtos, system docs, some printed material, a ton of web sites; ldp and linuxnewbie.org in particular.
3. Redhat 6.2

safrout · 04-20-2002, 04:37 PM

1) 5 month
2) internet and friends
3)mandrake 8.1

jpweston · 04-20-2002, 04:53 PM

1) 4 years
2) Linux.org, Linuxdoc.org
3) Slackware / AIX

j.

pbharris · 04-20-2002, 06:29 PM

7 years
playing around
redhat, debian

Glock Shooter · 04-20-2002, 06:43 PM

3 months
book "Using red had linux"
Red Hat

trusouthrnplaya · 04-20-2002, 08:02 PM

1) 1yr 1/2
2) by askin questions
3) Mandy (Mandrake 7.2)

Half_Elf · 04-20-2002, 11:33 PM

1)Something like 6 to 8 month
2) Linux Questions and a Guru I know personnaly
(but like all Guru he likes to answer my questions with another question)
3)Slackware... It was too hard, I tried Mandrake shortly after. 3 weeks later I was disgusted, came back to Slack.

NB:Who is the "Extremist" ? Is that you Trickykid?