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Re: what was the first linux distro you used

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 12:16 pm
by Be OK
Long ago Corel linux :) then mandrake as the stopped ubuntu then MXlinux.

Re: what was the first linux distro you used

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 1:03 pm
by piperdan
Technically, Knoppix....at the advice of a Geek Squad dude to recover my stuff from a Windows 98 home desktop that had crashed. First one I installed right after that was Mandrake from the box set I bought from Best Buy. I don't remember the exact year, but it was a long time ago.

Re: what was the first linux distro you used

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 1:07 pm
by anticapitalista
Slax - around about 2003 and then a beta of Mepis a week or so later.

Re: what was the first linux distro you used

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 1:46 pm
by Redacted
piperdan wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 1:03 pm Knoppix..... I don't remember the exact year, but it was a long time ago.
First time I started it way back then and heard: "Initiating startup sequence", I knew that Linux was cool.

Re: what was the first linux distro you used

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:18 pm
by frank392
Suse Linux 7.3

Re: what was the first linux distro you used

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:42 pm
by sleekmason
CentOS back in 2006-07? Out of the back of a Linux magazine. Suse a week or two later.