Slackware

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

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jtauber

fdrake

nnrcschmdt

patricktaylor

enki

bangroot

PaulM

flynnguy

MarkofCain

otherchirps

whosaysni

brianwisti

RossP

mfandreas

larry

bitprophet

daniellindsley

shywolf9982

joe

edv4rd0

nsmgr8

mwalling

stephen_mcd

bocke

abtin

NX172

DataShed

jtauber - 4 years

fdrake - 4 years

nnrcschmdt - 2 years

patricktaylor - 1 years

enki - 31 years

bangroot - 31 years

PaulM - 3 years

flynnguy - 30 years

MarkofCain - 30 years

otherchirps - 2 years

whosaysni - 28 years

brianwisti - 5 years

RossP - 5 years

mfandreas - 5 years

larry - 3 years

bitprophet - 1 years

daniellindsley - 4 years

shywolf9982 - 3 years

joe - 6 years

edv4rd0 - 5 years

nsmgr8 - 1 years

mwalling - 6 years

stephen_mcd - 3 years

bocke - 20 years

abtin - 3 years

NX172 - 16 years

DataShed - 16 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

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1996–1997

1997–2001

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

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1999–2003

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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

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2005–2007

The first Linux distro I stuck with for regular use.

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