eddie
El mooooo
I was first introduced to Linux by my ex-gf in 2002. Her brother is a web & software developer, a Delhi LUG senior member and a Linux guru. In 2002, she had 9 PCs at her place, all running exclusively on Linux. She forced me to use Linux and my first distro was Mandrake 9, that I downloaded in those days on my very crappy 32kbps connection. I used it on and off, dual-booting with Win2K. I also tried my hands on RedHat 9 and Debian in those days. Well, RedHat 9 imho looked horrible & was too slow while Debian was just too difficult for me. I couldn't even configure X Server on it so just dumped it.
This chopping and changing went on until early 2003 when I installed XP on my system. All hell broke loose at that time. I had a Motorola SM56 internal modem and it caused so many BSODs on XP that I just lost it. At that time after getting frustrated with XP, I installed Slackware 9.1 and was I in love with this thing or what!!! It is probably THE BEST distro for a Linux n00b that I have come across. It teaches you so many things that you will never need any books. During these times, I removed XP and went exclusively on Linux.
While using Slackware, I came across another distro named Gentoo Linux and the comments about how fast it is and how fast you can make it cos it is source based. I was able to install it in first try but didn't like it much. Honestly, I had not given it much time. After spending some more time with Slackware and getting more accustomed to command line, I installed Gentoo again and this time stuck with it. Now, I am a Gentoo user since late 2004 and around 6 months back, removed Slackware completely. Since then I have also tried Ubuntu 6.10 to see what the hype is about but I removed it after a month because of its GNOME desktop. These days I have installed openSUSE 10.2 as an alternate distro. I must say it is quite polished but it just can't beat the control of Gentoo. Looks like, soon I will be removing openSUSE as well
Fav. Distro :- Slackware (Even though I don't use it now but it simply rocks)
Current Distro :- Gentoo
Fav. Desktop-environment :- KDE
Most hated distro :- Debian (...because of their hypocrisy)
Why you can't live without Linux? :- Because I have forgotten how to live in the world of BSODs and don't have money to waste on expensive "locked-in" operating system
This chopping and changing went on until early 2003 when I installed XP on my system. All hell broke loose at that time. I had a Motorola SM56 internal modem and it caused so many BSODs on XP that I just lost it. At that time after getting frustrated with XP, I installed Slackware 9.1 and was I in love with this thing or what!!! It is probably THE BEST distro for a Linux n00b that I have come across. It teaches you so many things that you will never need any books. During these times, I removed XP and went exclusively on Linux.
While using Slackware, I came across another distro named Gentoo Linux and the comments about how fast it is and how fast you can make it cos it is source based. I was able to install it in first try but didn't like it much. Honestly, I had not given it much time. After spending some more time with Slackware and getting more accustomed to command line, I installed Gentoo again and this time stuck with it. Now, I am a Gentoo user since late 2004 and around 6 months back, removed Slackware completely. Since then I have also tried Ubuntu 6.10 to see what the hype is about but I removed it after a month because of its GNOME desktop. These days I have installed openSUSE 10.2 as an alternate distro. I must say it is quite polished but it just can't beat the control of Gentoo. Looks like, soon I will be removing openSUSE as well
Fav. Distro :- Slackware (Even though I don't use it now but it simply rocks)
Current Distro :- Gentoo
Fav. Desktop-environment :- KDE
Most hated distro :- Debian (...because of their hypocrisy)
Why you can't live without Linux? :- Because I have forgotten how to live in the world of BSODs and don't have money to waste on expensive "locked-in" operating system
