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7. My first home computer was an iMac

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 12:28 AM

Dec 2011

I bought a model "A" the first week they were released in August 1998. When the Mac operating system switched to a Unix base with OSX, I started learning the command line and was soon able to run a Linux Desktop on my iMac. I started installing Linux distros on old PCs that I inherited from my sister as she upgraded her computers. It took a while before I was able to maintain a stable Linux installation, but by the time my iMac died in 2006 I felt confident enough to use Linux system as my main computer.

I've mainly been using Fedora since 4 or 5 but I have also tried running Suse and Ubuntu. I love the transparency of Linux systems. Things still go wrong sometimes, but I don't panic as much now and know I can find a solution pretty quickly in the many Linux forums online. Linux file systems just make more sense than Windows.

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What caused you to consider using linux or other Open Source Software on your Computer? [View all] ballreward Dec 2011 OP

several... nebenaube Dec 2011 #1

I had a Linux machine running for a several years, but never switched.. tridim Dec 2011 #2

MS update KB951748 pokerfan Dec 2011 #3

It's free and there are good distros available that really work well struggle4progress Dec 2011 #4

I go back a bit farther than you do, but machines get obsolete very quickly and Linux runs on them. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #5

I was and experienced Unix user/admin before I ever touched a PC SnowCritter Dec 2011 #6

+1. bemildred Dec 2011 #9

My first home computer was an iMac SecularMotion Dec 2011 #7

It's one hell of a lot cheaper and it wastes less of my time. nt bemildred Dec 2011 #8

blue screens and error messages sodium Dec 2011 #10

Friend at University was using slackware PowerToThePeople Dec 2011 #11

Debian and its full kit of open source applications is so damned easy to install and update. hunter Jan 2012 #12

Three main reasons MichaelMcGuire Jan 2012 #13

Basic human decency. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2012 #14

My computer crashed A777 Jan 2012 #15