What was the first ever distro you installed and used? For me, it was Mint as I seemed like the closest thing to Windows minus all the forced updates and chappy changes.

Currently on Fedora GNOME now but what about you? What made you choose your first distro diving into the world of Linux?

I wanna hear your thoughts!

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Slackware2 or maybe 3 in 95.

      RHL4.x from 1998 . Looked at debian, but a local snob convinced me halfway through explaining “the debian way” to steer clear. Didn’t even learn of the validation glitch in the .deb format by then.

      Now it’s Rocky. But if PCLinuxOS had a better installer (like a good kickstart) I’d be there in an instant. Its massive versatility in having so many versions of apps available without the appstream bullshit - it’s just Alternatives and proper naming - really makes it stand out.

      Now let me packer some templates and I’m SO done with ELs and the shit RH has done to their crown jewels.

  • Dave.@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Red Hat 5.0, 1998.

    Had to get it on a CD as it would have taken 37.5 years to download according to Internet Explorer.

    Kernel 2.0.36 represent 🤘

    • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 year ago

      5.2 for me. I got it as a gift, in a offical retail box. I think the box with manuals is still around somewhere, but I’m not sure where.

    • assembly@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I was RedHat 3 back in 1996. Not even sure how we got the CD but we all passed it around and were amazed.

  • TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    My first distro was Suse Linux 8.1. I had to buy the box as downloading was not an option with my dial-up connection back then. However, the first distro that I fell in love with was Fedora Core. The original one. I bought the book which had the DVD with the full installation. I was hooked. That was more than 20 years ago.