(Linux users !) What was the first Linux distro that you used ?

Are there any linux users here, am i asking this in wrong community ?, If yes then sorry

Anyways the first linux for me was kali linux, I was a hopeless kid who wanted to learn hacking, and as everyone thinks linux is for hackers i just did some random google search about “Best linux distro for hacking” and the result was kali linux (since parrot os was not there at the time)

I watched a tutorial on how to install it, and that’s where it got worse. We didn’t have that much data to download a 3-4GB of iso file, so i went to a nearby friend to use their wifi and downloaded it. When I was installing it I selected the partition in which we stored all our family photos and other memories ( At the time I didn’t knew much about partitions and just wanted to try out linux). As I selected the wrong partition the windows installed on that partition and the files got deleted and I got into Kali linux, it took me some time to realise what I have done, but eventually I realised that many files were missing and was not able to boot into windows. Eventually I got scolded so much from my parents, but I don’t regret it because that opened up a new world of linux for me (but with some sacrifices)

TheKudzu,

Gentoo circa 2002. Soooooo over my capabilities at the time

ssm,

Arch Linux. Took me 9 days and several reinstalls to get to a working window manager.

SharpMaxwell,

I installed linux mint on some really old laptop when i was a little kid but i wouldnt really consider that my first distro that i actually used on a dailybasis, that would be SteamOS on a Steam deck, it showed me how great linux could be and got me hooked on it.

cynetri,

Ubuntu, either version 12.04 or 12.10 when I got my first computer, a Chromebook, in Christmas 2013 when I was 10. I hated how Chrome OS didn’t support anything so I found a way to put Ubuntu on it and messed around with Blender and Minecraft. Despite this early start, I proceeded to do nothing productive with it, broke it out of frustration, and now I’m 20 and struggling with Arch lmao

astropenguin5,

Mint, because it’s what my dad put on my first laptop when I was like 10 or something. I remember playing minetest and FTL on it.

activator90,

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Immediately liked the interface, but was bummed by lack of software and (expected) subpar performance on my shitty hardware. Went back to Windows 7 after a month or so. It took me quite a lot of hopping between many Linux distros and Windows to finally settle on Manjaro as my desktop OS of choice

filister,

A friend of mine gave me an official Ubuntu 4.10 CD and that was my first Linux distro that I have tried.

I still have that CD.

jvrava9,

Mint, now Artix as 2nd after 6 months

jamiehs,

Red Hat

zrk,

Knoppix, on a live CD. Then shorty after, Aurox Linux, distributed as a number of CD with a magazine. Around 2004-2005. Then Mandriva.

the16bitgamer,
@the16bitgamer@lemmy.world avatar

Ubuntu sometime in the late 2000’s. I remember a friend showing me virtual desktops that rotated between each other.

I dual booted my machine and it was amazing… For 10 seconds until I realized thats all it did. When right back to windows.

Venomnik0,
@Venomnik0@lemmy.world avatar

Ubuntu. I think it was around when Unity was starting off.

irkli,

386BSD, on a 386dx processor with 4mb ram. Compiled from 24 3.5" floppies that took 24 hours to compile. Before Linux existed.

mea_rah,

Technically this does not answer OP’s question, but thank you anyways. Now I don’t feel that old.

irkli,

Lol, yeah after I posted that I realized that …

Olds not so bad. The alternative is worse.

popemichael,
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I learned on Red Hat back in the 90s

I had got a copy for free some place, so I taught myself how to install and use it

necrxfagivs,

The first distro I used was Guadalinex, a distro developed by my Government (Andalusia, Spain) for education. I used it at school.

The first distro I installed was Ubuntu.

The first distro I daily drived was Fedora.

xiph, (edited )

Hey, A fellow andalusian :) Guadalinex was my 2nd distro to try, computers at high school had it installed and we got install CDs to try it at home.

They also did courses at the Guadalinfo centers in rural towns, my grandpa actually learned to use a computer there so I installed Guadalinex in an desk PC and gave it to him.

necrxfagivs,

I didn’t know about Guadalinfo! I wish the Junta kept promoting Libre software. Sadly Guadalinex is discontinued but I installed it last year in a VM out of pure nostalgia haha.

I sometimes dream about a new Andalusian Distro… illOS.

Btw, I created an Andalusian community here in Lemmy! Is completely empty rn, but I hope that changes in the future.

xiph,

At least at the Guadalinfo center in my hometown they still use Linux, I think it’s Linux Mint, and they keep giving free IT Courses with it.

There’s a new Andalusian distro focused for education, seems to be used in schools, but I don’t know much about it

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6eafc6f2-1990-464f-a084-9c7117638af2.png

Thanks for creating the community! I just followed it, will try to participate soon

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