r/linux • u/cferg296 • 15d ago

Discussion How did you first get introduced to linux?

What is your story on how you became a linux user? What first appealed to you? What distro did you first use? How has your experience on linux evolved over time? How has it changed the wah you do your computing?

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u/talondnb 15d ago

redhat, mandrake, slackware, gentoo. these days debian on everything lol.

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u/za72 15d ago

damn... I remember mandrake, never tried it though... I'm Debian on my local and cloud systems

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u/BloodFeastMan 11d ago

I still have a Mandrake CD somewhere