Red Hat Linux

since unknown year (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1996)

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nnrcschmdt

gklein

PaulM

carljm

enki

Uche

jeffself

daks

ashugg

brianwisti

speedy

spookylukey

ntoll

mfandreas

adamv

jcarbaugh

eykd

fdrake

stephen_mcd

davidpaccoud

nsmgr8

shywolf9982

RossP

jeremybowers

larry

CerealBoy

Josh

otherchirps

brousch

bocke

bitprophet

cstejerean

Kanru

mrlemke

joalcorn

louisr

floyd

nnrcschmdt - 7 years

gklein - 17 years

PaulM - 3 years

carljm - 9 years

enki - 8 years

Uche - 7 years

jeffself - 5 years

daks - 5 years

ashugg - 5 years

brianwisti - 8 years

speedy - 6 years

spookylukey - 16 years

ntoll - 3 years

mfandreas - 4 years

adamv - 3 years

jcarbaugh - 4 years

eykd - 6 years

fdrake - 5 years

stephen_mcd - 1 years

davidpaccoud - 4 years

nsmgr8 - 2 years

shywolf9982 - 4 years

RossP - 7 years

jeremybowers - 15 years

larry - 2 years

CerealBoy - 6 years

Josh - 5 years

otherchirps - 3 years

brousch - 4 years

bocke - 3 years

bitprophet - 1 years

cstejerean - 2 years

Kanru - 12 years

mrlemke - 2 years

joalcorn - 10 years

louisr - 2 years

floyd - 8 years

nnrcschmdt

1996–2002

jeffself

1997–2001

First distro I used. Got fed up with RPM packaging and found Debian in 2001.

ashugg

1997–2001

Helped maintain other people's RHL systems during this time. Never owned a RHL box though.

enki

1997–2004

carljm

1997–2005

My first introduction to Linux. Switched away when RH9 got end-of-lifed. Don't regret it. Don't particularly miss it either.

1997–2003

1997–

1997–1999

1997–2001

1998–2003

Worst Linux distribution I have ever used

ntoll

1998–2000

I think I started with RedHat 5.0 then moved to 5.1. Have dipped into Fedora since but remain a Debian guy ;-)

mfandreas

1998–2001

jcarbaugh

1998–2001

Never really used Red Hat for any serious purpose, just installed it on a bunch of machines for the heck of it.

adamv

1998–2000

Used for a while at home, while I was working at Microsoft no less.

1998–2005

1998–2002

1998–2003

1998–

1999

Was the first Linux distro I ever installed. Didn't stick with it for long.

davidpaccoud

1999–2002

My first Linux distribution.

nsmgr8

1999–2000

shywolf9982

1999–2002

First Linux I had. Was a good way to begin.

RossP

1999–2005

jeremybowers

1999–

Started with it, went to Debian/Ubuntu in the middle, then came full circle with CentOS on our production Web servers at the Post.

1999–2000

2000–2005

2000–2004

2000–2002

2001

Brief dalliance personally: first OS installed on my Linux test box. Was rooted literally overnight while plugged into UMass campus network. Wiped, replaced with Debian. This is an apt analogy for my attitude towards the two distro families since. Also used professionally for a short while -- was used as the file server for sharing a VB5/6 binary with a Windows network. No, it didn't make sense to me either, even at the time.

2001–2002

2001–2004

2001–2003

2002–

2002–2003

Red Hat 9 was the first GNU/Linux distribution I ever used. Ever since, I have been infatuated with GNU/Linux.

joalcorn