In this article, we will review the 10 most used Linux distributions
based on the huge availability of software, ease of installation and
use, and community support on web forums.
https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/10-most-used-linux-distributions-of-all-time-2/
Internetado <internetado@alt119.net> wrote:
In this article, we will review the 10 most used Linux distributions
based on the huge availability of software, ease of installation and
use, and community support on web forums.
https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/10-most-used-linux-distributions-of-all-time-2/
Interesting but since it is titled "10 Most Used Linux
Distributions of *All Time*", why Zorin or Elementary as
opposed to Slackware.
Nothing against those 2 distros, but in the 90s, in
reality, there were really 2 Linuxes, Slackware and Debian.
In the early days, Linux was Slackware then others started
to get popular in the late 90s.
Nothing against those 2 distros, but in the 90s, in
reality, there were really 2 Linuxes, Slackware and Debian.
In the early days, Linux was Slackware then others started
to get popular in the late 90s.
In comp.os.linux.misc, John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:
Nothing against those 2 distros, but in the 90s, in
reality, there were really 2 Linuxes, Slackware and Debian.
In the early days, Linux was Slackware then others started
to get popular in the late 90s.
Debian is only a couple of months younger than Slackware. But earlly
days I remember a lot more Yggdrasil than Debian.
Elijah
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recalls using Redhat in late nineties
Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc, John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:Oh boy, Yggdrasil! That brings me back, my first Linux installation from around 20 floppy on a Compaq with a massive (Massive! I say) 10MB HD.
Nothing against those 2 distros, but in the 90s, in
reality, there were really 2 Linuxes, Slackware and Debian.
In the early days, Linux was Slackware then others started
to get popular in the late 90s.
Debian is only a couple of months younger than Slackware. But earlly
days I remember a lot more Yggdrasil than Debian.
Elijah
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recalls using Redhat in late nineties
And that was my second... I actually bought the box.
G
On 29/03/2024 10:01, G wrote:
Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc, John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:Oh boy, Yggdrasil! That brings me back, my first Linux installation
Nothing against those 2 distros, but in the 90s, in reality, there
were really 2 Linuxes, Slackware and Debian. In the early days,
Linux was Slackware then others started to get popular in the late
90s.
Debian is only a couple of months younger than Slackware. But
earlly days I remember a lot more Yggdrasil than Debian.
from around 20 floppy on a Compaq with a massive (Massive! I say)
10MB HD.
Elijah
------
recalls using Redhat in late nineties
And that was my second... I actually bought the box.
Only two versions I knew back in the day were Debian and Red Hat, a
friend had SUSE.
When the time came I tried out everything and Debian worked OK, but
was lacking in desktop frills, so I tried Ubuntu, but for whatever
reason the installation failed, so I tried mint Mate.
And have never seen any reason to try anything else.
On 29/03/2024 10:01, G wrote:
Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc, John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:Oh boy, Yggdrasil! That brings me back, my first Linux installation from
Nothing against those 2 distros, but in the 90s, in
reality, there were really 2 Linuxes, Slackware and Debian.
In the early days, Linux was Slackware then others started
to get popular in the late 90s.
Debian is only a couple of months younger than Slackware. But earlly
days I remember a lot more Yggdrasil than Debian.
around 20 floppy on a Compaq with a massive (Massive! I say) 10MB HD.
Elijah
------
recalls using Redhat in late nineties
And that was my second... I actually bought the box.
Only two versions I knew back in the day were Debian and Red Hat, a
friend had SUSE.
When the time came I tried out everything and Debian worked OK, but was lacking in desktop frills, so I tried Ubuntu, but for whatever reason
the installation failed, so I tried mint Mate.
And have never seen any reason to try anything else.
On 2024-03-29, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 29/03/2024 10:01, G wrote:
Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc, John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:Oh boy, Yggdrasil! That brings me back, my first Linux installation from >>> around 20 floppy on a Compaq with a massive (Massive! I say) 10MB HD.
Nothing against those 2 distros, but in the 90s, in
reality, there were really 2 Linuxes, Slackware and Debian.
In the early days, Linux was Slackware then others started
to get popular in the late 90s.
Debian is only a couple of months younger than Slackware. But earlly
days I remember a lot more Yggdrasil than Debian.
Elijah
------
recalls using Redhat in late nineties
And that was my second... I actually bought the box.
Only two versions I knew back in the day were Debian and Red Hat, a
friend had SUSE.
When the time came I tried out everything and Debian worked OK, but was
lacking in desktop frills, so I tried Ubuntu, but for whatever reason
the installation failed, so I tried mint Mate.
And have never seen any reason to try anything else.
The first Linux I ran was Slackware, for a simple pragmatic reason:
I looked at the Linux books in the local bookstore, and the book I
liked best was by Patrick Volkerding and came with a Slackware 3.5
CD. I stayed with Slackware for some time, but eventually got tired
of chasing dependencies when installing or updating software. Maybe
it had a package manager, but I didn't know about it. At that point
I tried a number of other distributions on my laptop, leaving my
main machine alone until I made a decision. I stayed with CrunchBang
(with BlackBox) for a while (lean and mean), then tried Mint, which
was OK but had nothing that really excited me. Mageia didn't last
long; KDE was beautiful but heavyweight, and I kept getting console
messages from strange processes I had never asked for and didn't want.
Ubuntu was pretty and easy to use, but release 10 went to the Unity
desktop, which I didn't like. Eventually I settled on Debian (with
Xfce) and have been happily there ever since.
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