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When did you jump into Linux? (piefed.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/ask@piefed.social
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For me it was 2018.

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[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Slackware, around 1996 I think. Linux Router Project for quite awhile. Tried OpenSUSE, didn't click, briefly tried RedHat, same junk, then tried Debian and it felt right. Later, got tired of purity over drivers that worked with the hardware I had and went to Ubuntu. Currently on Mint.