hitest Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Here's a list of the major linux distros from 2000. My first distro ,Caldera Openlinux, no longer exists:-)What were your first distros?http://www.tuxradar.com/content/archives-best-distros-2000 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tictoc5150 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Since I didn't even really know about linux until maybe '04, most of those on the list were quite a few versions later. But if IRC, my first distro was RH (not sure what version), then Mandrake, then just played around with every other (deb, gentoo, slackware, blah blah blah) that I could manage to install until finally sticking with (X)ubuntu. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Red Hat, I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baker7 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Slackware 2.0, and RH 6Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baker7 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 However, if you want to know the first ssytem I learned Unix on, It was Tallahassee Freenet, which I still volunteer for, and I 14 Years of Service with Them - It was also the place I had my first shell Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 In 2000 I was using Yellow Dog I think 1.1 on a 350Mhz imac. Then os x was released and good by Yellow Dog. Wonder if anyone is still updating the old dog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 In 2000 I was using Yellow Dog I think 1.1 on a 350Mhz imac. Then os x was released and good by Yellow Dog. Wonder if anyone is still updating the old dog.Yep, Yellow Dog is still around:-) Looks cool. I'll give it a try some time at work if I can find an old mac.http://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Nice. I played with Knoppix a bit in '04. I was on-and-off linux for a few year... went to Debian, and now on Ubuntu. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Wow the old yellow dog is running on playstations. I'm downloading it now... got a dual 867 that has been collecting dust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Wow the old yellow dog is running on playstations. I'm downloading it now... got a dual 867 that has been collecting dust.I'm curious:) Did Yellow Dog work on your dual 867? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Downloaded it still haven't installed it yet. Been working on moding a small blackheart guitar amp while drilling a hole for a line out jack I drilled through a capacitor... more work then I intended. Also replaced carpet in living room. Maybe saturday night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Posting this from my Dual G4 running Yellow Dog. Using gnome desktop right now because I'm more familiar with it can't figure out how to get the wireless working got it plugged into Ethernet port on my macbook and sharing macbooks wireless.My blog post about the install so far. http://isteveblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/old-yeller/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Posting this from my Dual G4 running Yellow Dog. Using gnome desktop right now because I'm more familiar with it can't figure out how to get the wireless working got it plugged into Ethernet port on my macbook and sharing macbooks wireless.My blog post about the install so far. http://isteveblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/old-yeller/Very cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 I think the first Linux distro I played with was Knoppix... from there I went with Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog). I use Debian for my dedicated server. I've also experimented with other distros such as ArchLinux, OpenSUSE, etc. B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Its been pretty much to same for me too. My first experience with linux was the auditor live cd ( based in knoppix).I guess I was learning to be a bit of a script kiddie following a guide on how to crack my wireless network using linux.Couple years later and I started using ubuntu and ive been on it since. I use debian for my server and im messing around with gentoo a little in my free time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Its been pretty much to same for me too. My first experience with linux was the auditor live cd ( based in knoppix).I guess I was learning to be a bit of a script kiddie following a guide on how to crack my wireless network using linux.Couple years later and I started using ubuntu and ive been on it since. I use debian for my server and im messing around with gentoo a little in my free time.I run Debian and Ubuntu a lot at work as they are durable distros that are easily maintained. At home I run Slackware and once in awhile I'll also play with FreeBSD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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