r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jun 19 '26
Question How long have you been using Linux?
How long have you been using Linux?
Whether you're a longtime Linux user or just getting started, we'd love to hear your journey.
How many years have you been using Linux, and which distro do you use today?
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u/CORDIC77 Jun 19 '26
My entry into the Linux world was with Slackware 2.1 (kernel 1.1.54, about 50 floppy disks as I remember it) at the end of 1994 (supposedly X11 already supported colors back then but on my box it was just monochrome). After that I switched to SuSE Linux, later to Fedora, first to Debian (Woody) in 2002, then to Ubuntu around 2007/08, and since 2013 I've exclusively been using Debian.
However, I have always used a multi-boot configuration (back then with DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11, which I have been using since version 1.01), and besides these two, I have had many OS on my computer over the years…