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Distribution: I am currently running Kubuntu 16.10
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Which Linux Distro was your first?
I figured I'd ask to gain people's opinion on which distro is the best. I currently use Kubuntu 16.10 and it's ok.
The first distro I used was Ubuntu 16.04, then Mint 17, then Elementary OS, then back to Mint 18 before accidentally breaking it, and now I'm on Kubuntu XD.
First was Fedora Core 4 and that sort of hooked me. I have tried Open SUSE, Ubuntu, Slackware & BLAG but I end up coming back to Fedora which, for me, is the best
LibraNet linux was the first I ever got online successfully with. Therefore, my first linux that I used as a day-to-day OS. It is LONG since no longer developed.
Wasn't turbolinux the one that you'd get inside various magazines in the late 90's? I have at least one Turbo Linux v6.0 CD in my collection of old software, and I don't remember where it came from.
First isn't necessarily best! My first distro was Red Hat 6. This was the original Red Hat, pre-Fedora. But most of my binary distros since have been Debian-based.
@szboardstretcher. The best source-based distro in my opinion is Crux. It has a simple internal structure and boots very fast. Also it uses reasonably up-to-date but stable software. To cope with Gentoo, you must be willing to live on the bleeding edge and do daily updates. LFS is a special case. I've become very fond of it but you can't compare installable distros with something that you have to build yourself.
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