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08-15-2013, 03:18 PM
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#91
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2007
Location: Germany
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 3,979
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I started with Slackware when I was 28, now I'm 48
Markus
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08-15-2013, 06:27 PM
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#92
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 8
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34 here. First Slackware version was 10.1 somewhere in 2005-2006, although I have a nice Walnut Creek copy of 3.0  courtesy of my dad. I've been kind of love/hate with Linux it the past, gave up on Slackware at 12, gave up on Ubuntu once Canonical replaced Gnome with Unity (hurrrl!), gave up on Mint because it got boring, and have now returned to Slack.
Hopefully here to stay this time.
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08-16-2013, 12:14 AM
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#93
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Member
Registered: Dec 2010
Location: Nevada
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 258
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I started with slackware back about version 3 or 4, not sure
which one. Back in those days we used floppy disks on
the very first issues, I don't think we even had X
windows. I can remember at some point having to buy
some extra program to get X windows installed. Also I
can remember having to change code and recompile the
kernel to get my CD disk drive to work. Back in those
days, the CD drives were not standard, everyone used
their own protocols. It has come a long way. I tried
some other linux versions, Red Hat, SUSE, maybe
Debian, and Ubuntu. Slackware is what I always came
back to. I like the fact that it does not try to be
Windows. That is what I finally did not like about
SUSE, it tried to automate everything and in the process
the user has no idea what is going on, and when it does
not work we are totally lost. It is better keeping the
old methods, that way you have to learn a few things, but
at least then you have a chance to figure problems out.
I am not sure how old I was when I started using Slackware,
but I think I was probably about 60. I am now 76 still
using it.
Last edited by EldonCool; 08-16-2013 at 12:18 AM.
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08-16-2013, 09:57 AM
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#94
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Member
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Monterrey, México
Distribution: Slackware64 Current
Posts: 33
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41 , slacker since 10.0
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08-16-2013, 11:40 AM
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Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 443
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I'm 64 years old
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08-17-2013, 10:21 AM
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#96
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Member
Registered: Feb 2009
Distribution: Slackware, Arch
Posts: 519
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21, though I've been using Debian/Ubuntu for a few months (thought it would be easier to use Steam).
Getting fed up with it, though, so I'll probably be installing Slackware-current soon.
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08-17-2013, 12:03 PM
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#97
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Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Poland, Poznan
Distribution: Slackware current 32 / 64
Posts: 424
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52 and slacking since version 8 or 9 . . .
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08-17-2013, 02:36 PM
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#98
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Pensacola, FL
Distribution: Slackware64® Current & Arch
Posts: 1,092
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Just turned 48 but the mind of a 28 yr old.
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08-17-2013, 02:50 PM
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#99
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Asuncion, Paraguay, South America
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,054
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42 years old, about to turn 43 next month. Got introduced to Slack in ca. 2000, began to use it exclusively since 2002. Never looked back.
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08-17-2013, 06:50 PM
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#100
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2013
Location: Ferndale, MI 48220 USA
Distribution: Slackware/Debian
Posts: 1
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I'll be 47 in a few weeks but some days I feel more like 97.
Steve
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08-17-2013, 08:49 PM
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#101
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Member
Registered: May 2009
Distribution: Slackware64-14.1
Posts: 138
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14.0 64bits
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08-18-2013, 05:28 AM
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#102
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Member
Registered: Mar 2012
Location: Italy
Distribution: Slackware+Debian
Posts: 321
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25, slacker since slackware 7.0
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08-21-2013, 05:42 AM
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#103
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Member
Registered: Jul 2012
Location: Germany / Mannheim
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 79
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24 already
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08-21-2013, 10:18 AM
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#104
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Member
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Malta
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 575
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I am 45.
I disagree with those that recommend Slackware is for a particular type of users. Anyone who needs cronjobs to remind him/her of the due medication can use Slackware :-)
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2 members found this post helpful.
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08-22-2013, 08:47 PM
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#105
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 5
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53 here. Been using Slackware since 43.
My daughter is 13, and she's been using it since she was 3.
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