Debian

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MarkofCain

ashugg

ndw

jbeigel

brianwisti

ntoll

nsmgr8

xxv

bitprophet

daks

jeffself

shywolf9982

jeremybowers

speedy

macmichael01

mfandreas

streetcleaner

ellisonleao

eykd

RossP

Kanru

davidpaccoud

enki

brixtonasias

d3f3nd3r

brutasse

collypops

cstejerean

bkonkle

jcarbaugh

gregmuellegger

Indy

leveille

Izual

mrlemke

vonpetrushev

thaostra

Raisapius

nathans

williamcomartin

Da_Nuke

MarkofCain - 18 years

ashugg - 18 years

ndw - 17 years

jbeigel - 16 years

brianwisti - 7 years

ntoll - 14 years

nsmgr8 - 13 years

xxv - 13 years

bitprophet - 12 years

daks - 12 years

jeffself - 12 years

shywolf9982 - 4 years

jeremybowers - 5 years

speedy - 11 years

macmichael01 - 11 years

mfandreas - 11 years

streetcleaner - 11 years

ellisonleao - 10 years

eykd - 2 years

RossP - 10 years

Kanru - 10 years

davidpaccoud - 6 years

enki - 9 years

brixtonasias - 9 years

d3f3nd3r - 8 years

brutasse - 8 years

collypops - 1 years

cstejerean - 2 years

bkonkle - 2 years

jcarbaugh - 7 years

gregmuellegger - 7 years

Indy - 6 years

leveille - 3 years

Izual - 2 years

mrlemke - 4 years

vonpetrushev - 4 years

thaostra - 1 years

Raisapius - 3 years

nathans - 3 years

williamcomartin - 1 years

Da_Nuke - 1 years

ashugg

1995–

I'm so glad I got into Linux via Debian rather than Slackware or Red Hat.

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1998–2004

1999–

Started with RedHat but quickly moved to Debian and used it (or a derivative) ever since.

nsmgr8

2000–

xxv

2000–

Debian is still my flavour of choice for servers. Ubuntu has some perks for desktop, though.

jeffself

2001–

My first installation of Debian had 28 floppies.

bitprophet

2001–

The king of Linux distributions! Have used it or derivatives thereof on and off since the start of my Unix career. These days I favor its child Ubuntu, but still use it on occasion when a client requests it specifically.

daks

2001–

The universal operating system is actually my main and preferred one.

speedy

2002–

My favorite distribution for servers

shywolf9982

2002–2005

Rock stable. Also, initially one of the few linuxes where graphical tools did not overwrite your custom config files.

streetcleaner

2002–

My favorite Linux distribution, mostly used as a server.

mfandreas

2002–

macmichael01

2002–

jeremybowers

2002–2006

Ubuntu is cleaner.

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2004–2009

Where I saw the light: DEB packages FTW :)

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2006–

My go-to OS for web servers.

gregmuellegger

2006–

My virtual server runs debian.

Indy

2007–

I have Debian installed in one of my computers. It is the base of Ubuntu, and I like it, as it is more stable than it, however somewhat less automated and end-user ready.

leveille

2008–2010

Izual

2009–2010

Using it on a garage server. Actually installed it for trying it out. I am not such a fan but it's not bad as almost no linux distro.

thaostra

2009

Made the mistake of trying it only to realize a lot of my hardware didn't work well or at all, particularly with wireless and webcam. Might use it again, but only if I was running a server.

mrlemke

2009–

My favorite GNU/Linux distribution.

vonpetrushev

2009–

Running several server with this one, rarely do I have any problems with it.

nathans

2010–

Currently my distro of choice

Raisapius

2010–

I run this on a VM for now. For some unknown reason, I like this better than Ubuntu, even though Ubuntu's easier to use.