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A friend asked me today how I first got into Linux. Which got me thinking, since it’s a bit of a way back in the mists of time, and I couldn’t quite recall .

The process started about when Windows XP came out I think. My PC then was a lively 486DX33.  I believe that was time I started using Fedora (perhaps before the Core release even).

From there after occasional use I moved to Gentoo, about the 2004 release. Which was great for a bit until I noticed I was spending 98% of my time not just building and installing but fixing issues in order to have a functional system as well.

Once I started attending tech I had little time to muck about with that, so I moved on to Ubuntu. Since the tech I was attending was a Windows shop I spent a lot less time working with linux than I would have otherwise.

Since graduating from there I managed to get a paying job working with Linux and all the fun staff that goes with it. which is so awesome I still have to pinch myself almost every day even after a year working there . And primarily I have stuck with the Ubuntu distro. Rather I should say Kubuntu since KDE is so the best UI for linux about! Even the Father of Linux thinks so!

Blessed be…