How did you come to use Linux?

[Travis Newman]

We tried sharing our conversion stories in a meeting once, but perhaps fast
moving IRC chat was not the best place to share, so lets try now.

I came to Linux on Slackware 3.5. Bad choice to start with. It was Winter
1998, and I had just gotten my first computer about 2 months before. I had
barely used computers at all before then, and it was my first experience
with the internet. But even after a short time using PC's I had already
discovered that I was being held back by Windows. I had always had major
curiosity with my PC-- always trying things to see what I could and couldn't
do. I used the restore CD quite a bit. When I learned that I could use
something besides Windows, I jumped on it.

Unfortunately, Slackware, especially at verion 3.5, was not very good for
new users. I could never get XFree86 to start, so it was all command line.
Configuring an X server from the command line is pretty rough. So it was
just about 2 days before I went back to Windows.

As the years went by I tried various versions of RedHat and Mandrake, and
finally started using Linux more than just to tinker with Fedora Core 1, but
I was still primarily on Windows. When I first tried Gentoo in 2004, I
started using it more than Windows, and with Ubuntu I finally went all
Linux. I still use Windows here and there, but Ubuntu is home for me. I
still try a few distros here and there, but none match what I want to do
with my PC like Ubuntu.

Your turn!!
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