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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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What was your first Linux distribution? (lemmy.ml)

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I'm new to #Lemmy and making myself feel at home by posting a bit!

My first Linux distribution was elementary OS in early March 2020. Since then, I’ve tried Manjaro, Arch Linux, Fedora, went back to Manjaro, and since early January 2023, I’ve landed on Debian as my home in the #Linux world.

What was your first Linux distro?

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[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Mine was slackware in I think 1997?

[–] Tillman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Beat you by couple years but that was mine too. My next were redhat which seemed to not be very good at the time other than a nice installer. After that suse for year until I switched to irix to finish the 90’s. Back to suse in the 2000’s, bsd in 2010s, and Mac now. What was your patch from Slackware?