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cpt_ahag

b_eide

jtauber

eMBee

fdrake

tlesher

liza

enki

nnrcschmdt

otherchirps

ashugg

MarkofCain

flynnguy

carljm

ndw

jbeigel

whosaysni

brianwisti

daks

bkmontgomery

speedy

hexdump42

jorjun

gklein

xyb

jeffself

jancona

frankwiles

paltman

CerealBoy

jcarbaugh

davisagli

r1chardj0n3s

lukeman

rogerclark

thraxil

davidpaccoud

nsmgr8

shywolf9982

tpherndon

greyfade

paulsmith

bloodearnest

sceptreofjudah

pydanny

Ben

honzakral

bitprophet

westonruter

brousch

abtin

Josh

streetcleaner

cstejerean

floyd

Kanru

daniellindsley

gregmuellegger

edv4rd0

macmichael01

mikl

whaley

ellisonleao

Izual

adambrenecki

durden

collypops

ranman

nathans

Bryan

b3ng0

noah

pejrak

brutasse

iamteem

leveille

Vector

jeffszusz

foomor

Indy

osiixy

Shane

vbabiy86

mhh91

williamcomartin

thaostra

claytron

cpt_ahag - 21 years

b_eide - 21 years

jtauber - 20 years

eMBee - 20 years

fdrake - 20 years

tlesher - 20 years

liza - 19 years

dl - 19 years

enki - 19 years

nnrcschmdt - 19 years

otherchirps - 18 years

ashugg - 18 years

MarkofCain - 18 years

flynnguy - 18 years

carljm - 18 years

ndw - 18 years

jbeigel - 17 years

whosaysni - 16 years

brianwisti - 16 years

daks - 16 years

bkmontgomery - 16 years

speedy - 16 years

hexdump42 - 16 years

jorjun - 16 years

gklein - 16 years

xyb - 16 years

jeffself - 16 years

jancona - 16 years

frankwiles - 16 years

paltman - 15 years

CerealBoy - 15 years

jcarbaugh - 15 years

davisagli - 15 years

r1chardj0n3s - 12 years

lukeman - 14 years

rogerclark - 14 years

thraxil - 14 years

davidpaccoud - 14 years

nsmgr8 - 14 years

shywolf9982 - 14 years

tpherndon - 14 years

greyfade - 14 years

paulsmith - 14 years

bloodearnest - 12 years

sceptreofjudah - 14 years

pydanny - 12 years

Ben - 13 years

honzakral - 13 years

bitprophet - 13 years

westonruter - 4 years

brousch - 13 years

abtin - 13 years

Josh - 13 years

streetcleaner - 12 years

cstejerean - 12 years

floyd - 12 years

Kanru - 12 years

daniellindsley - 12 years

gregmuellegger - 11 years

edv4rd0 - 11 years

macmichael01 - 11 years

mikl - 10 years

whaley - 10 years

ellisonleao - 10 years

Izual - 8 years

adambrenecki - 2 years

durden - 10 years

collypops - 10 years

ranman - 10 years

nathans - 9 years

Bryan - 9 years

b3ng0 - 9 years

noah - 9 years

pejrak - 9 years

brutasse - 9 years

iamteem - 8 years

leveille - 6 years

Vector - 8 years

jeffszusz - 8 years

foomor - 7 years

Indy - 7 years

osiixy - 6 years

Shane - 6 years

vbabiy86 - 6 years

mhh91 - 5 years

williamcomartin - 4 years

thaostra - 4 years

claytron - 3 years

cpt_ahag

1992–

b_eide

1992–

jtauber

1993–

First kernel was 0.99pl13. At first I didn't know what to do with it, but remember colour ls seeming really cool.

eMBee

1993–

started with the SLS distribution

fdrake

1993–

A workhorse; regardless of what else I play with, I always come back to Linux.

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1994–

1994–

1994–

1994–

1995–

Started with RedHat Linux 4? or 5? Now use primarily Ubuntu.

ashugg

1995–

First witnessed it in January 1994 but didn't get hands-on until 1995.

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1995–

1995–

1995–

1996–

1997–

Redhat at first. These days CentOS at work, Ubuntu at home.

jeffself

1997–

Started playing around with something called Red Hat in 1997.

speedy

1997–

Used slackware, took me couple of days to install it correctly.. was fun

jorjun

1997–

As web development server platform, including database. It's all there. But I am disappointed that there are not more O/S level abstractions, and no move to an object oriented, encapsulated approach. Needs more brave evolution is my view.

frankwiles

1997–

By far my favorite OS

1997–

1997–

1997–

1997–

1997–

1997–

Played with lots of distros but the ones I used for any length of time include: Mandrake, Debian, Ubuntu

xyb

1997–

CerealBoy

1998–

jcarbaugh

1998–

Barely got it running on an old 386 in my bedroom during high school.

davisagli

1998–

r1chardj0n3s

1998–2009

paltman

1998–

Started experimenting with Linux in college and have never left it.

spookylukey

pydanny

1999–2010

I started with a book that had a Redhat CD.

davidpaccoud

1999–

:-D

nsmgr8

1999–

shywolf9982

1999–

The everyday OS for me since 2001

tpherndon

1999–

greyfade

1999–

Dabbled in a few distributions for a while, then made a permanent switch in 2003. Haven't looked back.

1999–

1999–2010

1999–

1999–

1999–

1999–

2000–

2000–2003

Played around with Mandrake Linux off and on.

honzakral

2000–

Started with RedHat 6.2 My primary and only operating system since 2002

Ben

2000–

Ran it on my desktops for a while, but went over to OS X in 2005, except for a period in 2007-2008 when I just ran Ubuntu. Ambivalent about switching.

2000–

2000–

2000–

2001–

2001–

I started with small router distributions like Coyote Linux and fli4l. Then I used Mandrake for a while before I switched to Debian.

2001–

2001–

2001–

2002–

2002–

Started with Memphis, switched to ArchLinux and settled with Kubuntu since version 5.04

macmichael01

2002–

jeremybowers

Izual

2003–2010

Started using this OS back in 2003 with Mandrake (now Mandriva) distro. I still use this OS but have changed many distros and my favourite is Gentoo which I am still using.

2003–

2003–

2003–

2003–

Love at first sight

ranman

2003–

I'm extremely comfortable in a unix or linux environment. Elsewhere I feel restrained.

2003–2004

2003–

2004–

2004–

2004–

2004–

2004–

Many different distros.

2004–

2005–

First distribution was RedHat Linux 7.2

2005–2010

2005–

2005–

Knoppix; crazily enough it was installed on my hard disk.

Indy

2006–

Since I started experimenting with distributions of GNU/Linux, my point of view about computer science changed dramatically. I could be able to dive into the ins and outs of an operating system's structure and study how things work. The open source community and the hacker spirit are pretty much expressed through Linux and the software written for it. I strongly recommend it to anyone really interested in computers and, practically everyone.

2006–

2007–

2007–

sudo make me a sandwich