Linux - GeneralThis 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
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
View Poll Results: What Was Your First Linux Distro?
Distribution: 32 bit mint 14/mate d/e / Zorin ultimate
Posts: 15
Rep:
Tried Ubuntu as my first just to see what Linux was like , i really had no idea there were alternatives to the windows xp i'd been using since my first introduction to personal computing some 6 or 7 years ago , I quickly got interested in trying others , bit like a kid in a sweetshop i'm afraid , i settled on Mint for a while until the lure of Zorin ultimate and it's look changing ability caught my interest .
I'm still exploring Zorin , as a complete novice to Linux it blends nicely in my dual booted win 7 system ,
This is my first try at any version. I'm running Mint 15 dual-booted with winblows. I had broadcom driver issues with my pci wifi card, got good help from this forum, and had to move the machine to connect with the line to get the drivers and installed, (twice) (:-). I haven't booted with winblows for a couple of weeks now. I am a happy camper.
I got into Linux with the Corel Linux / Wordperfect combination, I had an old machine and decided to try this new Operating System, main point of interest it did work, Wordperfect/wine was slow and kind of worked but Linux never went down. Like most people, my Windows systems were re-booted every day.
First one I actually tried was Slackware, but I couldn't get past the installation (at that time it required floppy disks to be used in some fashion that I couldn't figure out). I gave up and later tried out Mandriva (formerly Mandrake), which was the first distro I successfully installed.
I asked one of my coworkers about Linux, he recommended I get Slackware. I guess this was probably around 1996, ordered the disks from Walnut Creek, still have them. Now I use CentOS mostly, Slackware for some machines.
Slackware has been my main disto for years. I tried other distros but nothing keeps you away from slack. I believe when you slack you never go back or something like that
Distribution: Debian Squeeze, Ubuntu 10.04, Lubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.04 server
Posts: 10
Rep:
My first distro was named Kurumin, one small distro,53mb,with liveCD debian/knnoppix based..., when ubuntu came to Brazil this wonderful little distro developed by tenacious Carlos Morimoto has unfortunately been discontinued ...
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
Posts: 7,680
Rep:
This should probably be a different question but I wonder how many people are still using the same distro they first used.
I would put money on those who started with Slackware being the most likely to still be using their first distro, followed by Debian or Fedora.
Can't remember the first distro I used many years back. It was a mainframe/server possibly running Unix and not Linux. Later came a Red Hat Enterprise machine connected to some expensive equipment. Then a friend gave me a Knoppix boot disk, but I found it too awkward to work from the disk and gave up after a few goes. Finally, the first distro I installed and started playing with was Fedora, and I still use it. It gets my vote.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.