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When I first started with Linux, I bought a Red Hat CD and even had to call support for help. I learned quickly, though, and before long I moved over to Slackware.
Slackware was where Linux really started to click for me. It felt simple, direct, and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system actually worked.
Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially. Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position. That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to Debian.
Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early lessons about Linux.
> When I first started with Linux, I bought a Red Hat CD and even had to call
> support for help. I learned quickly, though, and before long I moved over to
> Slackware.
>
> Slackware was where Linux really started to click for me. It felt simple,
> direct, and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system
> actually worked.
>
> Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially.
> Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind
> River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position.
> That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to
> Debian.
>
> Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but
> Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early
> lessons about Linux.
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On Jul 22, 2026 11:21 PM, killswitch wrote:
> On Jul 21, 2026 9:42 PM, KiltedTux wrote:
>> When I first started with Linux, I bought a Red Hat CD and even had to call
>> support for help. I learned quickly, though, and before long I moved over to
>> Slackware.
>> Slackware was where Linux really started to click for me. It felt simple,
>> direct, and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system
>> actually worked.
>> Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially.
>> Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind
>> River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position.
>> That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to
>> Debian.
>> Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but
>> Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early
>> lessons about Linux.
>
> Debian.. Arch now
I have checked out Yodabytz's Linux distro Cerberix which is Arch based. Arch seems pretty solid but that update system is a little odd.
> When I first started with Linux, I bought a Red Hat CD and even had to call
> support for help. I learned quickly, though, and before long I moved over to
> Slackware.
>
> Slackware was where Linux really started to click for me. It felt simple,
> direct, and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system
> actually worked.
>
> Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially.
> Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind
> River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position.
> That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to
> Debian.
>
> Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but
> Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early
> lessons about Linux.
I started with Red Hat 6 that came on a CD with a book that I bought.
Now I use EndwavourOS as my daily and Debian on my home server.
> On Jul 21, 2026 9:42 PM, KiltedTux wrote:
>> When I first started with Linux, I bought a Red Hat CD and even had to call
>> support for help. I learned quickly, though, and before long I moved over to
>> Slackware.
>> Slackware was where Linux really started to click for me. It felt simple,
>> direct, and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system
>> actually worked.
>> Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially.
>> Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind
>> River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position.
>> That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to
>> Debian.
>> Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but
>> Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early
>> lessons about Linux.
>
> I started with Red Hat 6 that came on a CD with a book that I bought.
>
> Now I use EndwavourOS as my daily and Debian on my home server.
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On Aug 2, 2026 12:49 AM, zacwhite1968 wrote:
> On Jul 21, 2026 9:42 PM, KiltedTux wrote:
>> When I first started with Linux, I bought a Red Hat CD and even had to call
>> support for help. I learned quickly, though, and before long I moved over to
>> Slackware.
>> Slackware was where Linux really started to click for me. It felt simple,
>> direct, and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system
>> actually worked.
>> Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially.
>> Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind
>> River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position.
>> That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to
>> Debian.
>> Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but
>> Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early
>> lessons about Linux.
>
> I started with Red Hat 6 that came on a CD with a book that I bought.
>
> Now I use EndwavourOS as my daily and Debian on my home server.
Nice. How do you like EndeavorOS? As an Arch based system, and difficulties with it?
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