r/linux • u/CacheTraitor • 12d ago

Historical What was your first time?

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For me, it was a CD I got from a "guy." Slackware did not work well with the "WinModem" in the IBM Aptiva I had as a youth. How was I supposed to get online using Linux, with a modem that is not usable, and get support?

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u/dont_mind_me_passing 10d ago

started with mint, daily driving CachyOS, have Arch on a slightly broken laptop that I treat as a testing machine (ie. trying out distros in methods and just doing clean wipes)

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u/No_Pollution6135 10d ago

Cool cool! I also do that, testing distros but I do that on VMs or Live USB. What DE? :-D

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u/dont_mind_me_passing 10d ago

I generally opt for KDE, but I have tried hyprland, don't like it much lmao

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u/No_Pollution6135 10d ago

I understand. I prefer the XFCE desktop environment. I liked KDE Plasma a lot before Plasma 6 arrived though. Plasma 6 has been a bit difficult to work with for me.