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agent_flounder , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
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I think it was 1998 or so? I put Mandrake on my Sony Vaio Pentium II MMX.

I’m trying out Fedora again on an AMD Ryzen 5 system I built last year. Was running Nobara for several months prior. And Mint for about 10 years before that. Prior to that I was on MacOS and/or Windows. I don’t think I had a Linux system at that time.

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

1998 - was working for a company using RedHat as a dev environment for AIX mini computer based software.

Started to dual boot my own pc of the time with Win95/8 and RedHat, then Mandrake Linux. Since then I’ve dual booted every PC I’ve owned with various distros.

Steamymoomilk , in Recommendations

Just installing, gentoo or arch and using them teaches you alot about how your system works

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

When cfw for ps3 came out you needed either a ti-84 calculator or an iphone to put the firmware on the console. I had an iphone so installed ubuntu on my pc so i could dual boot ios and android on the phone then replace android with the cfw. I never even knew there was anything but windows back then.

backhdlp , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
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I really started with Pop!_OS in early April of last year after watching a dual boot setup guide from LTT. I’m currently on Gentoo, tho I prefer Arch.

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

1993 or so, before kernel 1.0. Slackware on floppies, then Debian, then Ubuntu, then Mint, now Pop!_OS.

I got a rather profitable career out of it: went into IT during/after college, then got hired into a big Silicon Valley company, stayed in that area for several years, then quit during COVID.

bbbhltz , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
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Went full Linux in the early 2000s. Never went back. Started with Debian and Ubuntu. Tried many distros for varying amounts of time. I always come back to Debian.

I’m just a regular desktop Linux user. It’s great.

Tetsuo , in Non-executable binary with invalid name

Have you checked when the file was last modified.

If it fits the date you did the Spotify command then I wouldn’t worry much about it.

If you still are concerned you can send the file to virustotal to be safe.

If it’s more concerning for you for a functional reason then move the file elsewhere if nothing break you should be fine.

driveway OP ,

I checked when it was created and that spotify command is the only one that makes sense time-wise.

GadgeteerZA , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
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@hai I started in about 2006 when my work was going to fully convert to Ubuntu. At the last minutes the CIO left and our project champion also left, and Windows continued, but I'd been bitten by the bug and continued to use Ubuntu at work and at home since then. Now on Manjaro KDE.

BiggestBulb , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
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I started a decade ago on Ubuntu for an after-school cybersecurity club. From there, I eventually tried Mint and then Lubuntu and Kinoite. I'm now using Debian in WSL.

9488fcea02a9 , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?

15 years now. First few years part time messing around with ubuntu and mint. I’ve been full time 100% debian on all my servers and desktop/laptop for at least 10 years now.

Debian is the best

Yerbouti , in What's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?

Toaster Linux or Nobara.

archy , in When Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux? **Edit: Linux Mint it shall be.**

version 6.6.10 is not bad, working great for me

Montagge , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
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I broke the ever living hell out of I think hink it was Ubuntu 8 back in the day. I ended up giving up because I was constantly causing issues that I just didn't have time for while going to college. Started using again when Windows 10 wouldn't stop breaking itself and started using Ubuntu 20.04.

WreckingBANG , in Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
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I started because of ProxMox on my Server. I started about a Year ago with Linux Desktops because of Privacy. I wanted to only use it for Office and have a Windows Dual Boot for Gaming. Then i tried a few Games on Linux and realized that Proton is great. Then i only used Linux. Then i deleted Windows. Now i love Linux and Hate Windows

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