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jgeorge

b_eide

cpt_ahag

jtauber

tlesher

eMBee

fdrake

enki

nnrcschmdt

liza

ashugg

otherchirps

flynnguy

ndw

MarkofCain

carljm

codewritinfool

jbeigel

Erik

brianwisti

jancona

gklein

daks

jorjun

hexdump42

jeffself

speedy

frankwiles

whosaysni

bkmontgomery

xyb

jcarbaugh

mgrbyte

CerealBoy

paltman

davisagli

r1chardj0n3s

bloodearnest

shywolf9982

lukeman

pydanny

tpherndon

davidpaccoud

larry

greyfade

thraxil

nsmgr8

paulsmith

sceptreofjudah

rogerclark

abtin

brousch

westonruter

honzakral

Ben

Josh

bitprophet

cstejerean

daniellindsley

bocke

streetcleaner

Kanru

floyd

gregmuellegger

macmichael01

edv4rd0

collypops

mikl

whaley

Izual

ellisonleao

ranman

adambrenecki

durden

b3ng0

nathans

brutasse

noah

Bryan

pejrak

Vector

leveille

iamteem

jeffszusz

foomor

Indy

chris

jma

osiixy

vbabiy86

Shane

williamcomartin

mhh91

thaostra

claytron

jgeorge - 34 years

b_eide - 34 years

cpt_ahag - 34 years

jtauber - 33 years

tlesher - 33 years

eMBee - 33 years

fdrake - 33 years

enki - 32 years

nnrcschmdt - 32 years

liza - 32 years

dl - 32 years

ashugg - 31 years

otherchirps - 31 years

flynnguy - 31 years

ndw - 31 years

MarkofCain - 31 years

carljm - 31 years

codewritinfool - 30 years

jbeigel - 30 years

Erik - 30 years

brianwisti - 29 years

jancona - 29 years

gklein - 29 years

daks - 29 years

jorjun - 29 years

hexdump42 - 29 years

jeffself - 29 years

speedy - 29 years

frankwiles - 29 years

whosaysni - 29 years

bkmontgomery - 29 years

xyb - 29 years

jcarbaugh - 28 years

mgrbyte - 28 years

CerealBoy - 28 years

paltman - 28 years

davisagli - 28 years

r1chardj0n3s - 12 years

bloodearnest - 12 years

shywolf9982 - 27 years

lukeman - 27 years

pydanny - 12 years

tpherndon - 27 years

davidpaccoud - 27 years

larry - 27 years

greyfade - 27 years

thraxil - 27 years

nsmgr8 - 27 years

paulsmith - 27 years

sceptreofjudah - 27 years

rogerclark - 27 years

abtin - 26 years

brousch - 26 years

westonruter - 4 years

honzakral - 26 years

Ben - 26 years

Josh - 26 years

bitprophet - 26 years

cstejerean - 25 years

daniellindsley - 25 years

bocke - 25 years

streetcleaner - 25 years

Kanru - 25 years

floyd - 25 years

gregmuellegger - 24 years

macmichael01 - 24 years

edv4rd0 - 24 years

collypops - 23 years

mikl - 23 years

whaley - 23 years

Izual - 8 years

ellisonleao - 23 years

ranman - 23 years

adambrenecki - 2 years

durden - 23 years

b3ng0 - 22 years

nathans - 22 years

brutasse - 22 years

noah - 22 years

Bryan - 22 years

pejrak - 22 years

Vector - 21 years

leveille - 6 years

iamteem - 21 years

jeffszusz - 21 years

foomor - 20 years

Indy - 20 years

chris - 20 years

jma - 19 years

osiixy - 19 years

vbabiy86 - 19 years

Shane - 19 years

williamcomartin - 4 years

mhh91 - 18 years

thaostra - 17 years

claytron - 16 years

1992–

1992–

1992–

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.

tlesher

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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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1996–

1997–

Redhat at first. These days CentOS at work, Ubuntu and/or Debian 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

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1997–

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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

mgrbyte

1998–

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.

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1999–2010

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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.

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2000–

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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.

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2001–

2001–

2001–

2002–

2002–

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

macmichael01

2002–

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.

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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

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2004–

Many different distros.

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2005–

First distribution was RedHat Linux 7.2

2005–2010

2005–

2005–

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

stephen_mcd

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.

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