What was your first distro? - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;33208367]it's not called fedora core anymore? [/QUOTE] It hasn't been since Fedora 7.

well that was the last time I enjoyed it so I guess I'm all good

Fedora, I forget which build, Still my distro of choice to this day

Our computer got a virus so we installed some KNOPPIX flavor on it. I can't remember when this was, but I'm pretty sure this was before ubuntu gained any steam (maybe 05ish). Anyways, now, my Linux is broken and I'm forced to use windows a little.

[QUOTE=macerator;33222931]Our computer got a virus so we installed some KNOPPIX flavor on it. I can't remember when this was, but I'm pretty sure this was before ubuntu gained any steam (maybe 05ish). Anyways, now, my Linux is broken and I'm forced to use windows a little.[/QUOTE] You're not "forced" to use Windows, unless you do something that requires Windows-specific programs that have no alternatives, such as Steam or most games. (Yes, most games don't run on Linux, and don't count on Wine doing the work for you, even though many people have had success with it, most people have NO success at all with most of their games) Just smack another Linux flavor on it?

According to [b][url=http://distrowatch.com/]distrowatch[/url][/b], [b][url=http://www.linuxmint.com/]Linux Mint[/url][/b] is now in the #1 spot over [b][url=www.ubuntu.com]Ubuntu[/url][/b]. :)

My first distro was Gentoo :smile: It's not the easiest for beginners, but you learn a lot by installing it. And the package-system is just delicious.

[QUOTE=P320;33229015]According to [b][url=http://distrowatch.com/]distrowatch[/url][/b], [b][url=http://www.linuxmint.com/]Linux Mint[/url][/b] is now in the #1 spot over [b][url=www.ubuntu.com]Ubuntu[/url][/b]. :)[/QUOTE] Makes sense. They're the ones who did the sensible thing and stuck with a traditional desktop while Ubuntu went and played around with that POS Unity. They even made a set of extensions to make the next release's purely Gnome 3 environment more like a traditional desktop.

Slax, I can't remember what version. It's was cool at the time for me.

Ubuntu 7.04. Dual booted with WinXP MCE 2005. Must have been freshman year in high school. It was really neat to use, considering I had grown up with Mac OS 7 and Windows XP. Except I think I broke it somehow, reformatted, and didn't really come back to Ubuntu until 10.04.

Ubuntu 9.04 with Wubi. At the time, I was a bit scared about partitioning my hard drive (I only had 1 partition and I didn't really want to resize it in-case I broke Windows and lost my data). Soon after, I partitioned and everything worked as expected.

Slax

[QUOTE=P320;33162518]I got a Mandrake 10.1 DVD that was double-sided free with an expensive Linux magazine. I guess it was my first Distro, but I never used it. So I stick with my Ubuntu 7.04 posted above.[/QUOTE] Arn't they like $100 for 12 issues or some crazy shit like that?

Couple years ago I tried Mint because it was suggested to me for switching from windows. Some how I fucked up my main windows partition when installing it. Being a windows guy my entire life, Linux was very confusing. I hope to get a laptop with linux and attempt learn how linux works so I can use it on a daily basis.

[QUOTE=SSBMX;33313746]Arn't they like $100 for 12 issues or some crazy shit like that?[/QUOTE] Probably because Linux wasn't THAT popular at the time, and the magazine is aimed at a very niche market. They have to raise the price to make money. Xbox 360 magazines etc are so cheap because they know lots of people will buy them. The same can't be said about PCgamer though, except they do bundle a free disk.

[QUOTE=BBgamer720;33317253]Probably because Linux wasn't THAT popular at the time, and the magazine is aimed at a very niche market. They have to raise the price to make money. Xbox 360 magazines etc are so cheap because they know lots of people will buy them. The same can't be said about PCgamer though, except they do bundle a free disk.[/QUOTE] PC mags only bundle truely FREE games on RARE occasion, and I believe Linux mags are expensive to help fund Linux projects, but I could be wrong.

Knoppix then Slackerware (or whatever it's called). Then, the glorious Ubuntu.

Mandrake came with a magazine, I still have the CD-ROM, but I only started properly using linux on SUSE 6

I was in 7th grade, and there we these kids using Linux, so they gave me my first copy of Ubuntu 7.04, and it explosively sparked my interest in the IT field.

Red hat linux (cant remeber which one it was so long ago) I was 10 at the time. Now mainly ubuntu and going to try out open suse tonight

Ubuntu 11.10. It's so user friendly and it's got a very nice design.

[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;33223348]You're not "forced" to use Windows, unless you do something that requires Windows-specific programs that have no alternatives, such as Steam or most games. (Yes, most games don't run on Linux, and don't count on Wine doing the work for you, even though many people have had success with it, most people have NO success at all with most of their games) Just smack another Linux flavor on it?[/QUOTE] I've got a laptop with 2 graphics cards, and graphics switching doesn't work in linux, so my battery life is pitiful

Ubuntu 6.04 ,Good, good times :3 Installed it on an old pc and couldn't believe i could "do wobbly windows" with it

[QUOTE=macerator;33457522]I've got a laptop with 2 graphics cards, and graphics switching doesn't work in linux, so my battery life is pitiful[/QUOTE] So do I, but the difference between those two gfx chips is negligible. And unless you're on the road much I don't see the big problem

Kubuntu was my first Linux distro, either 7.10 or 8.04, can't remember. Installed it via Wubi (Yes, I know) on my main desktop PC, which was a Pentium 4 1.8GHz with 512MB of RAM. [QUOTE=macerator;33457522]I've got a laptop with 2 graphics cards, and graphics switching doesn't work in linux, so my battery life is pitiful[/QUOTE] If it's Nvidia Optimus, just disable the Nvidia chip.

Aren't they working on drivers for those laptops with 2 GPUs? I've seen the option for this in the Drivers -> Graphics section in the kernel make menu_config (perhaps most pre-made kernels don't include it(?)).

[QUOTE=Jetsurf;33476096]Aren't they working on drivers for those laptops with 2 GPUs? I've seen the option for this in the Drivers -> Graphics section in the kernel make menu_config (perhaps most pre-made kernels don't include it(?)).[/QUOTE] AFAIK, the kernel supports it, but not X.

I had an old copy of Mandrake laying around here, but my first distro was Xubuntu that I was using on a very old computer, since at that time I didn't KNOW that you could use the cd key on the tower itself.

Knoppix or Puppy Linux.

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