I decided to share what Linux distributions I’ve used and how it all started.
ASPLinux was the first Linux distribution I tried in 2003.
I accidentally found a set of ASPLinux disks at my father’s place and decided to try installing it just to see what it was.
I remember using Acronis OS Selector for disk partitioning and as a bootloader. Later I switched to LILO, and then to GRUB.
I absolutely loved KDE 3.5! It was my favorite desktop environment. I remember how disappointed I was when KDE 4 was released.
Here’s my path from ASPLinux to Pop!_OS:
- ASPLinux
- ALT Linux
- Red Hat Linux
- Mandrake Linux
- Mandriva Linux
- openSUSE
- Knoppix
- Fedora Linux
- Debian
- Ubuntu
- Pop!_OS
I mostly used Linux for development, usually on my laptop. Honestly, I’m not sure what I did more: configuring Linux or actually doing development 😅
The last distribution I had on my laptop was Pop!_OS. I really like it because everything works almost out of the box, including GPU drivers.
Besides Linux, I also played around with FreeBSD and OpenBSD, and even tried Solaris back in 2004–2005.
At one of my jobs, we had FreeBSD on a server and actively used jails for process isolation in production.
These days, I use macOS for development, and Ubuntu on my personal servers.
What Linux distribution are you using these days?
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