I found out about linux in 2001 while using mIRC on Windows 98 and telling someone about all the crashes and BSOD I was getting. They recommended I try linux. Someone offered to burn Mandrake 8.0 cd's and mail them to me. I used it for about 2 years before I first started distro hopping.
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@amoroso My first linux! Around 2001 it was the only thing that would run on my laptop with no issues.
My first was Slackware.
Definitely my first distro. My S3 graphic card was partially supported so I spent a lot of time tweaking X86Config in tty which for sure contributed to build my comfort in the terminal.
While I for sure tried many distros, my 20+ years path of daily drivers was quite straightforward
Mandrake SuSE Debian Arch (probably Server only?) Ubuntu NixOS