How long have you been using Linux for?

I was just going through the history of ubuntu development and realized I've been using linux for 7-8 years

How things have changed since then!

Have a look at some of these pictures as reference;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases

 

one month

and i am happy to have done it

 

Ever since I got dsl...back in the fall of 2005. And, yes, things really have changed since then. I painfully remember well "dependency hell".

Later...
Bob

 

Ten months straight, the longest stretch I've ever used Linux for, although I also use Windows as well.

 

Used Linux for a few years whilst I was at Uni, around 1997.
Then used Ubuntu on at-least one machine since 2007.
Also been using Linux in work since 2013

 

I have been using Ubuntu only since 6.06 but I also have to use Windows at work because everyone use MS Office, and OpenOffice/LibreOffice has big compatibility issue.

 

Will be a year in August. I have been faithful to one distro for about 7 months now.

 

mattdocs12345 don't forget your own thread: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/when-did-you-start-using-linux.358362/

 

Been using linux off and on since around 2005 I guess.. I spend more time in linux as the months and years go by. Now I'm probably 95% linux, 5% Win 7...

 

Kingsoft Office is your savior

 

I haven't tried this, but this could be an idea?
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/07/run-microsoft-office-web-apps-ubuntu-desktop

 

Thanks.. tried it before, although it's much better than LibreOffice (in terms of compatibility with MS Office), there still appears to be some incompatibilities. However I agree, it's the best we can get on Linux right now, for a locally installed Office suite with good compatibility.

 

Looks great.. However it surely cost money to buy the MS Office web apps..

Edit: as mattdocs12345 kindly pointed out, the Office Online Apps are actually free. Great find guys. Think I'll stick with it on Ubuntu for now.

 

There of curse is free office online with basic functions that most people will be satisfied with, especially college students.

 

You are absolutely right!
Good news for us Linux users who have this need of using MS Office.

 

Ach, one for the fading memory banks! I think, around 1996 for RHL, before it got really commercialised. Also went through Suse and Debian, but prefer LM to Ubuntu.

For those who like real vintage stuff, I used a Multics system at Uni (and PDP-11s, punched cards and all that), plus AIX, Solaris, BSD, Xenix on a little 386 computer around 1990, and SCO Unix with Ingres. Some installed from around 60 floppy disks!

I think the capabilities and ease of use of the modern distros are outstanding - though I'm luddite enough to prefer the days of batch processing and command line - I dislike having to sit in front of computers.

 

Tried several distros before discovering the majesty of Arch Linux. It's been ~8 months now and still going strong.

 

Arch is hard to use for us Linux newbies. Ubuntu is my choice in this sense.

 

Could we merge these topics or even make a Sticky in all things Linux.

 

I think the smoothest progression is Ubuntu --> Linux Mint or Netrunner --> OpenSuse --> Debian
Each gives progressively more challenges.
I love debian for low resource usage/stability/huge library.

 

Manjaro 0.8.1 is based on Arch but a lot easier to install and use. I used it a bit recently, and other than a few glitches and bugs (like most all Linux distros), I really liked it and imaged the final installation. It runs very fast and efficiently.

 

I don't really think there is much progression/benifit to be had from choosing a more difficult to use distro. It's all the same, you're just making it harder on yourself... imo

 

I guess it really depends on how far one wishes to go – if you want to know the ins and outs of Linux – one probably should tackle the more difficult distros to understand how Linux works.

I'm too lazy (and disinterested) to go beyond just using a distro – Manjaro\Openbox has been my biggest challenge to date.

I once had a go at installing Gentoo in Virtualbox – and gave up. For me it was like messing with voodoo science.

 

How long? Around twenty two years now. My first was Yaggdrasil, I soon migrated over to Slackware. I am posting this from a Slackware machine.

 

Why so many 10-20 year old linux users use slackware? Any adventage over Debian/Centos - lol I know it's a noob question but I still wonder.