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Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?

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I started fairly recently (probably somewhere between nine and seven years ago; time isn’t my strong suit, cut me some slack) on Debian. Now I’m on Arch Linux.

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I started working for a video game company in 2000. It was dominated by Linux nerds (including the CEO) and they indoctrinated me into their cult. My first distro was SuSe, then Redhat for a while, then Gentoo for about a decade, then Arch, which is where I am now.

My last Windows “daily driver” was Windows 98se.

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Lucky bastard. You didn’t have to struggle with the allure of the somewhat decent Windows NT based OSes following the shit show that was Windows Me.

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