Are there any linux users here, am i asking this in wrong community ?, If yes then sorry

Anyways the first linux for me was kali linux, I was a hopeless kid who wanted to learn hacking, and as everyone thinks linux is for hackers i just did some random google search about “Best linux distro for hacking” and the result was kali linux (since parrot os was not there at the time)

I watched a tutorial on how to install it, and that’s where it got worse. We didn’t have that much data to download a 3-4GB of iso file, so i went to a nearby friend to use their wifi and downloaded it. When I was installing it I selected the partition in which we stored all our family photos and other memories ( At the time I didn’t knew much about partitions and just wanted to try out linux). As I selected the wrong partition the windows installed on that partition and the files got deleted and I got into Kali linux, it took me some time to realise what I have done, but eventually I realised that many files were missing and was not able to boot into windows. Eventually I got scolded so much from my parents, but I don’t regret it because that opened up a new world of linux for me (but with some sacrifices)

  • Sharp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I installed linux mint on some really old laptop when i was a little kid but i wouldnt really consider that my first distro that i actually used on a dailybasis, that would be SteamOS on a Steam deck, it showed me how great linux could be and got me hooked on it.

  • cynetri (he/any)English
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    2 years ago

    Ubuntu, either version 12.04 or 12.10 when I got my first computer, a Chromebook, in Christmas 2013 when I was 10. I hated how Chrome OS didn’t support anything so I found a way to put Ubuntu on it and messed around with Blender and Minecraft. Despite this early start, I proceeded to do nothing productive with it, broke it out of frustration, and now I’m 20 and struggling with Arch lmao

  • astropenguin5@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Mint, because it’s what my dad put on my first laptop when I was like 10 or something. I remember playing minetest and FTL on it.

  • TOR-anon1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Raw linux: Android

    Raw desktop OS : ChromeOS

    GNU/Linux : Ubuntu 18.09

    Current : Debian 12

  • candyman337@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Had to use red hat for a cyber security class in college, but I tinkered with Ubuntu back in highschool. I had no idea what I was doing lmao

  • tiredofsametab@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I forget whether I did Mandrake or Redhat first. This was on a 3.5" floppy, heh.

    Old GenToo, when I finally got off of dial-up, was an interesting experience. Building everything from the ground up definitely taught me a lot.

    These days, I mostly use Ubuntu at home (and various at work). I may give mint a shot, however.

  • GGNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Red Hat mid 90s and then Slackware, Red Hat was more polished but I learnt so much more from Slackware.

  • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Ubuntu, which I pretty much only installed so I could also install compiz fusion because it looked badass. Nothing like a 3D cube for my multiple desktops, and windows that jiggle when I move them and burn up when I close them.

  • MisterDigital@feddit.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    My first distro was OpenSUSE (or SuSE Linux back then) sometime around 2002. I picked it up out of curiosity in a book shop. They were selling the handbook, bundled with a DVD with the actual OS. It looked something like this. And thus started decades of distro hopping.