I’m new to #Lemmy and making myself feel at home by posting a bit!

My first Linux distribution was elementary OS in early March 2020. Since then, I’ve tried Manjaro, Arch Linux, Fedora, went back to Manjaro, and since early January 2023, I’ve landed on Debian as my home in the #Linux world.

What was your first Linux distro?

  • Fargeol@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It was DSLinux, Linux for the Nintendo DS. I tried it while hacking with the DS just to try that “Linux” everyone was talking about. I installed Ubuntu on my PC short after it.

  • nightmare786@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    5 months ago

    am a simple noob who started with Mint, and remain on Mint on my main gaming machine.

    i have fun distro-hopping on my other old, cheap laptops though

    • Broken@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      There’s something about simplicity that is underated.

      Technically my first ditro was SuSE a loooong time ago but I didn’t stick with it. Then back when Ubuntu became he new hit thing I tried that, but again didn’t stick with it.

      I have now loaded up Mint and that’s the one I’m running with. Mind you, all distros have come a long way since my prior Linux dealings but Mint is the one to make me permanently switch.

  • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.org
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    5 months ago

    Probably Knoppix on some Laptop my dad brought home at around 2001-2002. Still remember tinkering with it and having no idea what I am doing haha. Good times.

  • Wilmo Bones@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Ubuntu 8.10 in late 2008. while I didn’t use Linux for that long due to a lack of understanding I did come back to it in in a few years to check out I think Ubuntu 10.04 in 2010 or and then Fedora 36 a few years ago and never plan to leave

  • Polo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Ubuntu, as they used to send free CD packs to distribute. Was fun booting into live CD on computers.

  • hamsda@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The first one I saw was Debian 3.1 (Sarge). I was in school and our objective this time was installing debian + getting a working Xorg session. Never heard of Linux before, didn’t get a working Xorg session, but wow man, there’s something other than Windows and MacOS. I couldn’t have imagined.

    The first one I actually used on a desktop (laptop for school, in that case) was Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake).

    I’ve tried oh so many different linux distributions over the years, I probably forgot most of them. Maybe some don’t even exist anymore. My goal was always Arch Linux, having seen it on a schoolmates laptop. I really fell for the “here’s a pretty minimum base, do whatever” thing.

    In the end, I exclusively used Arch from 2020 until this year. Actually using Arch and reading the ArchWiki were probably what taught me most of what I know about linux in general and how things work.

    I’ve been searching for a less DIY-solution which is still up-to-date (especially with kernels and mesa) and I landed on Fedora Workstation, which is what I’m currently using on my work latpop and desktop at home. I do miss some things from Arch, but Fedora has been pretty good to me and I, for the meantime, intend to stay here.

      • hamsda@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        Yes it is. Though after using arch for a few years, I miss the abundance of packages.

        If a package wasn’t in the official arch repos, it was probably in the AUR. If you use arch, you don’t need other package managers like homebrew on linux.

  • r7minty@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    The first was about 1995-ish Redhat on school computers, after that was Suse on a 2000s laptop, and currently Mint+Mx on a self-built pc. Hardware support and ease of use has come a long way since then.

  • Rodneyck@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Sadly, Ubuntu. I quickly moved on to debian…and ultimately landed with Arch, my true love for many years. I use Arch, btw.