Slackware

since unknown year (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1993)

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jtauber

fdrake

enki

patricktaylor

nnrcschmdt

PaulM

MarkofCain

flynnguy

otherchirps

whosaysni

brianwisti

RossP

mfandreas

larry

daniellindsley

bitprophet

shywolf9982

edv4rd0

joe

mwalling

nsmgr8

bocke

stephen_mcd

abtin

NX172

DataShed

jtauber - 4 years

fdrake - 4 years

enki - 20 years

patricktaylor - 1 years

nnrcschmdt - 2 years

PaulM - 3 years

MarkofCain - 19 years

flynnguy - 19 years

otherchirps - 2 years

whosaysni - 17 years

brianwisti - 5 years

RossP - 5 years

mfandreas - 5 years

larry - 3 years

daniellindsley - 4 years

bitprophet - 1 years

shywolf9982 - 3 years

edv4rd0 - 5 years

joe - 6 years

mwalling - 6 years

nsmgr8 - 1 years

bocke - 9 years

stephen_mcd - 3 years

abtin - 3 years

NX172 - 5 years

DataShed - 5 years

jtauber

1993–1996

I still remember downloading the A-series Slackware floppy disk images overnight on a 2400 baud modem.

fdrake

1993–1996

My first Linux distro.

patricktaylor

1994

Bought it on floppies because internet connection sucked.

enki

1994–

PaulM

1994–1996

I remember watching my dad install this from floppies.

1994–1995

1995–

1995–

1996–1997

1997–2001

Still use it occasionally, but it was my primary distro from 97-01

1997–

1999–2003

2000–2004

2000–2002

2001

Largely limited to experimentation when getting used to Linux overall, and some unrelated experimentation when trying to find Linux variants that would run on a 386/SX with 4MB RAM and no CD-ROM drive...and that turned out to be Slackware 3.x!

daniellindsley

2001–2004

shywolf9982

2002–2004

Was so simple. And like most simple designs, quite sturdy.

2003–2007

2003–2008

2004

2004–2009

2005–2007

The first Linux distro I stuck with for regular use.

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2007–2009

2009–

2009–