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Linux users:

What was your distro journey?

Mine is composed of the following time-based list of the primary distros I've used, along with a smattering of flash-in-the-pan tests, including but not limited to Suse, OpenSuse, OEL, CentOS, Sorceror, Vector, Mint, and ElementaryOS.

1998-1999: Redhat 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3
1999-2002: Debian
2002-2005: Gentoo
2005-2007: Debian(I still use it for cloud VPSes)
2007-2019: Ubuntu
2019: Manjaro
2019-Present: Arch

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  • 3
    5y
    They're not linux, but I've also used a lot of Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, LynxOS, DigitalUnix, Tru64, IRIX, and other less memorable Unices.
  • 3
    5y
    Mine:
    2015-2015: Ubuntu (16 I guess?)
    2016-present: arch
  • 0
    5y
    For private stuff or for work related stuff?
  • 0
    5y
    @don-rager

    The timeline is all personal stuff. The BSDs and the smatterings are personal too. The rest are for work, in addition to lots and lots of RHEL, CentOS, OEL, and Debian.
  • 2
    5y
    No timeline because I can't be arsed

    RedHat
    Fedora
    Puppy
    Ubuntu
    Backtrack
    Ubuntu
    Mint
    Manjaro
    Debian

    Next up: Arch, Qubes.
    (When I finally have the time. ☹)
  • 0
    5y
    Dunno if I can timeline it like that, but (not discriminating between *nixes):

    Late 80s- early 90s:
    BSD
    Slackware

    Mid-late 90s:
    Red hat
    Debian
    Solaris
    Suse

    Then to now in no particular order:
    Fedora
    Arch/manj
    Mint
    Debian
    Elementary
    Clear
    Rancher

    I have also installed ubuntu. I skipped it for the most part though. I use alpine for containers and iot, but that's about it.
  • 1
    5y
    2010 Fedora

    2011 Ubuntu

    2012 Fedora

    2014 Ubuntu GNOME

    2015 Manjaro

    2016 Kubuntu

    2018 Kde Neon

    2018 Arch

    These are all the ones I've tried for the longest time. I have tried others, like Xubuntu or Mint. And funnily enough out of all the ones I've used, Arch is the most stable :v
  • 1
    5y
    No years, but here it is:

    Ubuntu. Hated it, went back to Windows for a while.
    Debian. Outdated software all the time.
    Mint. Well this shit doesn't work. Oh, it's based on Ubuntu.
    Arch. Oh, hm, seems cool. But the rolling release breaks some stuff at times.
    Manjaro. Ah, yes. Arch but instead of rolling releases, waves of updates are pushed. Neat.

    That's where I'm at for desktop.
  • 0
    5y
    2014-2017 mint
    2017 - manjaro
  • 0
    5y
    Ubuntu, manjaro, arch
  • 0
    5y
    Redhat, debian, fedora, veltOS, FreeBSD, manjaro, arch.
    No particular order
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