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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 13:50:07 JST nixCraft 🐧

   When did you join the cult of #Linux?

   I started in 1994 ;)

   • neo ! 🩷💜💙 (neolibrarian@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 13:52:49 JST neo ! 🩷💜💙

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     @nixCraft 2017 :3

   • Milan Zimmermann (milan_zimmermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 14:00:50 JST Milan Zimmermann

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     @nixCraft I am a professional software developer. The KDE desktop beta was released on 20th October 1997. October and November 1997 were the months I started using Linux as the sole operating desktop system for all development.

     I never returned or switched to any other OS. But I jumped distros a few times, and tested lots of them along the way.

   • Mark (markopolo141@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 14:06:18 JST Mark

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     @nixCraft ~2013AD

   • Lucas Janin (lucas3d@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 14:07:15 JST Lucas Janin

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     @nixCraft 2001 at my job doing visual effects. I never touch windows at work from them.

   • Francehelder :mastodon:🇧🇷 (francehelder@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 14:26:32 JST Francehelder :mastodon:🇧🇷

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     @nixCraft since 2016, i only use Linux on my machine.

   • Roadskater, Ph.D. (roadskater@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 14:57:35 JST Roadskater, Ph.D.

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     @nixCraft A machine that actually ran something called Linux, 2013.

     But something that looked like Unix? I think that was 1990.

   • Roadskater, Ph.D. (roadskater@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 14:58:08 JST Roadskater, Ph.D.

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     @nixCraft A machine that actually ran something called Linux, 2013.

     But something that looked like Unix? I think that was 1990.

     Spent a lot of time on AIX during those years.

   • Diego Barros (dbarros@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 15:37:24 JST Diego Barros

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     @nixCraft 1996 with Slackware.

   • циклимир (mustanzo@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 15:38:47 JST циклимир

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     @nixCraft 2004 with Slackware 9.x or 10.x

   • Django (dj4n90@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 17:02:06 JST Django

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     @nixCraft I have to think about that a little longer. That must have been back then™, when our cave guardian was our TRex. But was it before the meteorite impact caused this climate change or after? I just can't remember exactly when that was, it was too long ago!

   • Peter Sefton 🇪🇺🇺🇦 (peterjsefton@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 17:05:03 JST Peter Sefton 🇪🇺🇺🇦

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     @nixCraft Mainlining Ubuntu since 2006

   • Kemal (kmlyyll@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 17:31:35 JST Kemal

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     @nixCraft it was 2000

   • CaptainMalu (captainmalu@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 18:32:00 JST CaptainMalu

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     @nixCraft first try 2010. Full switch somewhere between 2014 and 2017.
     But I think I heard of Linux sometimes before 2010. I thought I even tried it before but I can't find evidence.

   • Tomi the Slav and 1024 others (po3mah@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 18:33:32 JST Tomi the Slav and 1024 others

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     @nixCraft Same. Maybe a year earlier (minix).

   • Josefine ✅ ⚧️ 🐰 (josefine_h@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 18:38:57 JST Josefine ✅ ⚧️ 🐰

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     @nixCraft Ich hbae erst 2008 so wirklich begonnen Linux ausschließlich zu verwenden

   • Dyrathror (dyrathror@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 18:54:39 JST Dyrathror

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     @nixCraft I started with 0.99 as alternative to the sun servers I managed in our University Institute.

   • eliaschr (eliaschr@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 19:15:24 JST eliaschr

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     @nixCraft i don't remeber but I used SuSE Linux version 5.x.!

   • eliaschr (eliaschr@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 19:30:11 JST eliaschr

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     @nixCraft ha! I found its box... :)

   • ישראל (ojocle_olonam@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 19:53:08 JST ישראל

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     @nixCraft 1998

   • Sherlock Hawk (sherlockhawk@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 21:01:24 JST Sherlock Hawk

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     @nixCraft 2020, I think, with linux mint

   • MrGrumpyMonkey (mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 21:52:33 JST MrGrumpyMonkey

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     @nixCraft Courtesy of being bothered by a buddy of mine for many years at this point, I think I started down this rabbit hole around 2016-ish.

   • Cire (cire1425@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 23:50:31 JST Cire

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     @nixCraft 2006 with mailed Ubuntu CDs

   • Grognouf (dinozaur@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 23:55:32 JST Grognouf

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     @nixCraft somewhere in 1997 with a successful install of slackware 3.3
     I tried a few months before with redhat .. never managed to have a graphical interface working

   • Matthew (cyberpulsar42@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 01:00:40 JST Matthew

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     @nixCraft been coming and going from the cult since 1998

   • Greg (kielbasa@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 01:20:12 JST Greg

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     @nixCraft introduced to Linux in 1997 but didn’t begin using it as the lord intended until I started a homelab in 2022ish. Much regret for sleeping on it.

   • Distant (motiondetected@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 01:40:52 JST Distant

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     @nixCraft Thank you to all that are posting. Brings back lots of memories!

     My first interaction with Linux came mid 1994 after I purchased a magazine (with obligatory CD) to read on a long haul flight back home.

     Here we are in 2024 and I'm still exclusively Linux, after all these years.

   • Jeremy (imhotep1@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:07:52 JST Jeremy

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     @nixCraft I tried in '97, but Redhat didn't have support for a USB keyboard during install, and my computer didn't have a PC2 port. By '99 I got fed up with windows Me and tried again. Been Linux ever since.

   • apunkt (apunkt@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:38:17 JST apunkt

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     @nixCraft 1999 with Suse 6.3

   • serialsync (serialsync@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 06:09:11 JST serialsync

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     @nixCraft 2002ish

   • Headbanger75 (headbanger75@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 06:59:39 JST Headbanger75

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     @nixCraft
     1999 with SuSE Linux 6.2

   • do120 (do120@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 18:12:30 JST do120

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     @nixCraft First touch in 1994 during my studies but i didn't conscience it (unix courses). My first Linux full time job started in 1997 as Sysadmin manager (with many SMP headaches on Pentium Pro...)

   • lindesbs (lindesbs@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 21:58:53 JST lindesbs

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     @nixCraft
     Same. Awesome disc juggling

   • Grae McDevit (grae8672@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 00:07:22 JST Grae McDevit

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     @nixCraft 2023, started with Mint, moved to #Debian, then #Fedora, then I got a #SteamDeck, then put #Bazzite on it. That's where I'm at currently, thinking about installing #Arch once I get an actual computer, whether that be a laptop or desktop

   • Marcos Nitola (marcosnitola@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 23:50:38 JST Marcos Nitola

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     @nixCraft since 2018-2019

   • Semla (dr_semla@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 18:34:16 JST Semla

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     @nixCraft Curious and dabbling for a long time, but daily user since probably 2020. Felt like coming home.