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You have to love apt!</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Youssefsan" class="extiw" title="en:User:Youssefsan">Youssefsan</a> - Debian. Apt-get is cool. Hope that the Linux section on Wikipedia will grow</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:General_Wesc" class="extiw" title="en:User:General Wesc">General Wesc</a> - Debian.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Yann" title="User:Yann">Yann</a> Debian (after trying everything else ;o) ). Linux since 1997.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Stw" title="User:Stw">stw</a> SuSE -> LFS -> Debian (apt rules!)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:R4f&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:R4f (page does not exist)">R4f</a> Debian as often as possible, Mandrake under torture</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zenogantner" class="extiw" title="en:User:Zenogantner">zeno</a> Debian GNU/Linux. Everywhere.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Yves_Marques_Teixeira" class="extiw" title="en:User:Yves Marques Teixeira">Yves (Brazil)</a>- Debian GNU/Linux.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:ClaudineChionh" title="User:ClaudineChionh">Claudine</a> I have two old PCs running Debian, unfortunately they're not connected to the internet so most of my Wikipedia work is done on a bigger, faster PC running Win2k. Can I still count?</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Grin" title="User:Grin">grin</a> (I started with SLS, and ended with Debian. Many Debians. Plenty of Debians, actually. There ain't no computer under my power contain infected pieces from the Evil Bill. Freedom is life.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Jimregan" title="User:Jimregan">Jimregan</a> Debian and Mandrake</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guaka" class="extiw" title="en:User:Guaka">Guaka</a> Debian and Gentoo</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeffrey_Smith" class="extiw" title="en:User:Jeffrey Smith">Jeffrey Smith</a>: Currently using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian GNU/Linux</a>, unstable branch. Also own a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus" class="extiw" title="en:Sharp Zaurus">Zaurus</a> running the OpenZaurus ROM. Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrake_Linux" class="extiw" title="en:Mandrake Linux">Mandrake</a> user.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Audin" class="extiw" title="en:User:Audin">Audin</a>: Always and on everything. For freedom, understandability, and efficiency reasons. 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Orginally tested Red Hat (bof!) and a few others I didn't really like.</li> <li><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/bruker:Profoss" class="extiw" title="no:bruker:Profoss">Profoss</a> Debian all the way!</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Ravn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Ravn (page does not exist)">Ravn</a> - All systems running Debian.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Fire" title="User:Fire">Fire</a> - 2x Debian (after testing SuSe, FreeBSD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Hashar" title="User:Hashar">Hashar</a> - debian-testing</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Schopenhauer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Schopenhauer (page does not exist)">Chopinhauer</a> - Debian testing, now Sarge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Cky" title="User:Cky">Chris K. Young</a> (my laptop runs on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a>, but my main machines run <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD" class="extiw" title="en:OpenBSD">OpenBSD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Sam_Hocevar" title="User:Sam Hocevar">Sam Hocevar</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a> developer.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FrankB" class="extiw" title="en:User:FrankB">FrankB</a> -- A Debian user</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Iulianu" class="extiw" title="en:User:Iulianu">IulianU</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a> or derivatives thereof, e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEPIS" class="extiw" title="en:MEPIS">MEPIS</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Markaci" class="extiw" title="en:User:Markaci">Markaci</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a> sarge.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Mutante" title="User:Mutante">mutante</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ddawson" class="extiw" title="en:User:Ddawson">Ddawson</a> What programmer <i>shouldn't</i> want to use Linux, when it has dozens of useful, highly modular tools already included? Oh yeah, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Dbl2010" title="User:Dbl2010">DBL2010</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a> of course.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Yath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Yath (page does not exist)">Yath</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a>, though I tend to install Ubuntu on newbies' systems.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karol_Langner" class="extiw" title="en:User:Karol Langner">Karol Langner</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Debian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Debian (page does not exist)">Debian</a> and only <a href="/w/index.php?title=Debian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Debian (page does not exist)">Debian</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Xellos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Xellos (page does not exist)">Xellos</a> - Still. But I'm dithering if i should convert to Gentoo or Ubuntu...</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Pfv2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Pfv2 (page does not exist)">Pfv2</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Utcursch" class="extiw" title="en:User:Utcursch">utcursch</a> - <del>Red Hat 9.0, Fedora Core 2. Sarge.</del> Etch.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:IainDavidson" class="extiw" title="en:User:IainDavidson">Iain Davidson</a> - Older Debian Woody, RedHat 9, and SuSE Pro 9.2 / 9.3, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Hapsiainen" title="User:Hapsiainen">Hapsiainen</a> - Debian was my first Linux distribution, and I have not by felt an urge to try something else. I didn't install Debian myself, though.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Kaster" title="User:Kaster">Kaster</a> - Kanotix distibution</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Windowsuninstall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Windowsuninstall (page does not exist)">Uninstall</a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Windowsuninstall" title="User talk:Windowsuninstall">[it]</a> Debian/PPC on my iBook with KDE and on other older machines Debian/Sparc and Debian/i386</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:VasilievVV" title="User:VasilievVV">VasilievVV</a> — apt-get rocks</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Allan_Javier_Aguilar_Castillo" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Allan Javier Aguilar Castillo">Allan Javier Aguilar Castillo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Gentoo" data-mw-thread-id="h-Gentoo"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Gentoo"></span>Gentoo<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Gentoo"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gentoo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cprompt" class="extiw" title="en:User:Cprompt">cprompt</a> Gentoo GNU/Linux on my PVR, Slackware GNU/Linux on my laptop. Past Debian user.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Phil_Bordelon" class="extiw" title="en:User:Phil Bordelon">Phil Bordelon</a> Gentoo mini-dev.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Korpios" class="extiw" title="en:User:Korpios">Korpios</a> - Gentoo on workstation and server (OpenBSD on firewall).</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%C3%86var_Arnfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0_Bjarmason" class="extiw" title="en:User:Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason">Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason</a> - Linux sucks, the GNU system doesnt, thats why i use GNU/Linux ;) (Gentoo/PPC, Gentoo/x86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Ayman" title="User:Ayman">Ayman</a> - Gentoo Linux, GNOME, and Firefox, on both desktop and laptop.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:yipdw" class="extiw" title="en:User:yipdw">yipdw</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo" class="extiw" title="en:Gentoo">Gentoo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" class="extiw" title="en:Debian">Debian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware" class="extiw" title="en:Slackware">Slackware</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Core" class="extiw" title="en:Fedora Core">Fedora Core</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedHat" class="extiw" title="en:RedHat">RedHat AS</a>, and so on...</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Alphax" title="User:Alphax">Alphax</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo" class="extiw" title="en:Gentoo">Gentoo</a> at Uni, trying to get *something* working at home</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Linuxbeak" title="User:Linuxbeak">Linuxbeak</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo" class="extiw" title="en:Gentoo">Gentoo</a> and Scyld Beowulf.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Slowking_Man" title="User:Slowking Man">Slowking Man</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo" class="extiw" title="w:Gentoo">Gentoo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Aperculum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Aperculum (page does not exist)">Aperculum</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo" class="extiw" title="en:Gentoo">Gentoo</a> with Openbox at home</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Twenex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Twenex (page does not exist)">Twenex</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo" class="extiw" title="en:Gentoo">Gentoo</a> with KDE on desktop</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Windowsuninstall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Windowsuninstall (page does not exist)">Uninstall</a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Windowsuninstall" title="User talk:Windowsuninstall">[it]</a> Gentoo/x86 (~) with KDE</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Linspire" data-mw-thread-id="h-Linspire"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Linspire"></span>Linspire<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Linspire"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Linspire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ia:Usator:ILVI" class="extiw" title="w:ia:Usator:ILVI">ILVI</a> -- Jay Bowks -- Linspire (a choice OS) -- FreeSpire and Guadalinex also.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Linux_From_Scratch" data-mw-thread-id="h-Linux_From_Scratch"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Linux_From_Scratch"></span>Linux From Scratch<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Linux_From_Scratch"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Linux From Scratch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tcascardo" class="extiw" title="en:User:Tcascardo">Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU" class="extiw" title="en:GNU">GNU</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" class="extiw" title="en:Linux">Linux</a> from Scratch</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Edward_Chernenko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Edward Chernenko (page does not exist)">User:Edward Chernenko</a></li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Popolon" class="extiw" title="fr:Utilisateur:Popolon">Popolon</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Mandrakelinux/Mandriva" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mandrakelinux/Mandriva"><span id="Mandrakelinux.2FMandriva"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mandrakelinux/Mandriva"></span>Mandrakelinux/Mandriva<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mandrakelinux/Mandriva"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mandrakelinux/Mandriva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Wesley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Wesley (page does not exist)">Wesley</a> Now use Mandrake, Gentoo, and LEAF. Have also used Red Hat, Debian, Slackware, Rock, and linuxfromscratch.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Formulax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Formulax (page does not exist)">Formulax</a>: Mandrake, planning to switch to Red Hat or SuSE</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:snoyes" class="extiw" title="en:User:snoyes">snoyes</a>: Mandrake. Relative late comer switching in 2000.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Hemmer" title="User:Hemmer">Hemmer</a> : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrake_Linux" class="extiw" title="en:Mandrake Linux">Mandrake</a> of course</li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Jeffdelonge" class="extiw" title="fr:Utilisateur:Jeffdelonge">Jeffdelonge</a> Mandrake 9.1 on laptop and 9.2 on other</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Polyglot" title="User:Polyglot">Polyglot</a> - Linux Mandrake 10.0 on portable and server.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:krik" class="extiw" title="en:user:krik">Krik</a> - Mandrake Cooker, but also like Knoppix.</li> <li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Mikegr" class="extiw" title="de:Benutzer:Mikegr">Mikegr</a> - Mandrake, KDE</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rdsmith4" class="extiw" title="en:User:Rdsmith4">Rdsmith4</a> aka DannyBoy - Mandrake 10.0 w/KDE, dual with Windows XP (only for Photoshop, I swear).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Patrick-br" title="User:Patrick-br">Patrick-br</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrakelinux" class="extiw" title="en:Mandrakelinux">Mandrake</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conectiva" class="extiw" title="en:Conectiva">Conectiva</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurumin" class="extiw" title="en:Kurumin">Kurumin</a>. Linuxer since 1995.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Kocio" title="User:Kocio">kocio</a> - Mandriva Cooker in home, Debian in work, Linux in mind ;-} ; I'm the editor of polish news service <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://linuxnews.pl">http://linuxnews.pl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:RN" class="mw-redirect" title="User:RN">Ryan Norton</a> - KDE, but Windows is better :)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Ardonik" title="User:Ardonik">Ardonik</a> - since 2003. I use whatever's currently official.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WauloK" class="extiw" title="en:User:WauloK">WauloK</a> - Mandrake 10.1 - Waiting for 2006 to go public. Mostly for fileserver & centericq.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AmosWolfe" class="extiw" title="en:User:AmosWolfe">AmosWolfe</a> Mandriva 10.1 on 2nd system with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch" class="extiw" title="w:KVM switch">KVM switch</a>, still havent figured out how to connect wireless Internet.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Redhat" data-mw-thread-id="h-Redhat-2005-10-27T22:00:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Redhat-2005-10-27T22:00:00.000Z"></span>Redhat<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Redhat-2005-10-27T22:00:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Redhat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Ducker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Ducker (page does not exist)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Boivie-2005-10-27T22:00:00.000Z-Redhat"></span>Ducker</a> RedHat (since 1998, never looked back)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JohnOwens" class="extiw" title="en:User:JohnOwens">John Owens</a> Red Hat for a while now, started with an Yggdrasil version around '94 or '95</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JeffTL" class="extiw" title="en:User:JeffTL">JeffTL</a> Red Hat linutic</li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fenkys" class="extiw" title="fr:User:Fenkys">Fenkys</a>: Originaly, it was a Red Hat. But now, after many improvment during 6 years, I does not know.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Decumanus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Decumanus (page does not exist)">Decumanus</a> - Red Hat 7.1</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Fennec&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Fennec (page does not exist)">Fennec</a> - Fedora Core 1 for now</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eequor" class="extiw" title="en:User:Eequor">Eequor</a> - hybrid Red Hat and sources</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mindspillage" class="extiw" title="en:User:Mindspillage">Mindspillage</a> - Fedora Core 2. Still a noob.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Amayzes" title="User:Amayzes">Amayzes</a> - Fedora Core 1, SuSE</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:IainDavidson" class="extiw" title="en:User:IainDavidson">Iain Davidson</a> - RedHat 9, SuSE Pro 9.2 / 9.3, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0, and older Debian.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Boivie" title="User:Boivie">Boivie</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Linux_user_Wikimedians#c-Boivie-2005-10-27T22:00:00.000Z-Redhat" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:00, 27 October 2005 (UTC)</a> FC4, thinking about changing to Ubuntu. Suse 9.1 at work.<span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Boivie-2005-10-27T22:00:00.000Z-Redhat"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Boivie-2005-10-27T22:00:00.000Z-Redhat"></span></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ermeyers" class="extiw" title="en:User:Ermeyers">Eric R. Meyers</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Core" class="extiw" title="en:Fedora Core">en:Fedora Core</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jonathan_Penny" class="extiw" title="en:User:Jonathan Penny">Jonathan Penny</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Core" class="extiw" title="en:Fedora Core">Fedora Core 6</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Slackware" data-mw-thread-id="h-Slackware"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Slackware"></span>Slackware<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Slackware"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Slackware"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jizzbug" class="extiw" title="en:User:Jizzbug">Jizzbug</a> -- Been a GNU geek since I was 15 or so (I'm ~22 these days), cut my teeth in the early days o' Slackware 2.3/3.x, back before it died, back before it was resurrected (with inflated version numbers), and back before it sucked (Slackware <i>did</i> suck for a while there). *sigh* How I miss the days of KDE Beta 1, the days of actually having to learn Linux in order to use it.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Valhalla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Valhalla (page does not exist)">Valhalla</a> Slackware.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Dori" title="User:Dori">Dori</a>: Slackware</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Djinn112&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Djinn112 (page does not exist)">Djinn112</a> - Slackware.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Lord_Bob" title="User:Lord Bob">Lord Bob</a> - if you use Fedora Core, you learn Fedora Core. If you use Slackware, you learn <i>Linux</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Emc2" title="User:Emc2">Emc2</a> of course Slackware!</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Diogoleal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Diogoleal (page does not exist)">diogoleal</a> Slackware Linux!</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="SUSE" data-mw-thread-id="h-SUSE"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-SUSE"></span>SUSE<span data-mw-comment-end="h-SUSE"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: SUSE"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nikola_Smolenski" class="extiw" title="en:User:Nikola Smolenski">Nikola</a>: SuSE</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MSTCrow" class="extiw" title="en:User:MSTCrow">MSTCrow</a> SuSE Linux Professional 9.1 (as of 10/5/2004)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Szopen" class="extiw" title="en:User:Szopen">szopen</a> SuSe rules, and previously Slackware ruled :)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Etz_Haim" class="extiw" title="en:User:Etz Haim">Etz Haim</a> - SuSE</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sheridan" class="extiw" title="en:User:Sheridan">sheridan</a> - SuSE, Mandrake and possibly something on a PowerMac soon.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Zidane2k1" title="User:Zidane2k1">Zidane2k1</a> SuSE 9.3</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:IainDavidson" class="extiw" title="en:User:IainDavidson">Iain Davidson </a> - SuSE Pro 9.2 / 9.3, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0, older Debian, and RedHat.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Zanthra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Zanthra (page does not exist)">Zanthra </a> - SuSE 9.3 and 10.0, Debian on CoLinux</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Linuxerist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Linuxerist (page does not exist)">Linuxerist</a> - At Home</li> <li><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio:Lauro_Chieza_de_Carvalho" class="extiw" title="pt:Usuário:Lauro Chieza de Carvalho">Lauro</a> - SuSE 11.1 at home!</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Ubuntu" data-mw-thread-id="h-Ubuntu"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Ubuntu"></span>Ubuntu<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Ubuntu"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ubuntu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Admrboltz" title="User:Admrboltz">Admrboltz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Aleksandrit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Aleksandrit (page does not exist)">Aleksandrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Celestianpower" title="User:Celestianpower">Celestianpower</a> — a recent convert</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Church_of_emacs" title="User:Church of emacs">Church of emacs</a> <small>before that: gentoo</small></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daekharel" class="extiw" title="en:User:Daekharel">Daekharel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Dungodung" title="User:Dungodung">Dungodung</a> — recently converted</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Fibonacci" title="User:Fibonacci">Fibonacci</a> — planning to move to Debian some day.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Gamliel_Fishkin" title="User:Gamliel Fishkin">Gamliel Fishkin</a></li> <li><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Holek" class="extiw" title="pl:User:Holek">Hołek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Jflash" title="User:Jflash">jflash</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Linuxerist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Linuxerist (page does not exist)">Linuxerist</a> — Laptop</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lyo" class="extiw" title="en:User:Lyo">Lyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Account.Markus.17.05" title="User:Account.Markus.17.05">Account.Markus.17.05</a>. Currently writing this on Chrome OS, but I do have an Ubuntu computer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Nichalp" title="User:Nichalp">Nichalp</a> — at home (dualboot)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:NP-chaonay" title="User:NP-chaonay">User:NP-chaonay</a> — Hi wikimedians! Since I am very good at some field of computing such as Linux; and also interesting of computing field such as AI; that is why I put my name here. I hope my coding and computing skill would help Wikimedia-related stuff</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Semolo75" title="User:Semolo75">Semolo75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Thryduulf" title="User:Thryduulf">Thryduulf</a> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:User:Thryduulf" class="extiw" title="wikt:en:User:Thryduulf">en.wikt</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thryduulf" class="extiw" title="en:User:Thryduulf">en.wp</a>,<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thryduulf" class="extiw" title="commons:User:Thryduulf">commons</a>) Xubuntu is my distro of choice these days</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Voyager640&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Voyager640 (page does not exist)">Voyager640</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WikiFan04" class="extiw" title="en:User:WikiFan04">WikiFan04</a> — Mostly I use Mac OS X, but I also use Ubuntu every now and then.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Zirland" title="User:Zirland">Zirland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Nasir8891" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Nasir8891"> Nsair Khan Saikat</a>-- i use ubuntu but sometimes i visit windows too</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ecallow" class="extiw" title="en:User:Ecallow">Ecallow</a></li> <li><span title="Meta-Wiki profile" class="plainlinks"><a href="/wiki/User:AugurNZ" title="User:AugurNZ"><font color="#000" face="Times"><i><b>Augur</b></i></font><font color="#33f"><i><b>NZ</b></i></font></a></span> <span title="Meta-Wiki talk" class="plainlinks"><a href="/wiki/User_talk:AugurNZ" title="User talk:AugurNZ"><font color="#000" size="4">✐</font></a></span><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/AugurNZ" title="Special:Contributions/AugurNZ"><font size="4" color="#000">⌕</font></a> — I tend to stick to LTS versions, so I'm still using v12.04 (Precise Pangolin) at present.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Path_slopu" title="User:Path slopu">Path slopu</a>-IT@School edubuntu</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Yellow_Dog_Linux" data-mw-thread-id="h-Yellow_Dog_Linux"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Yellow_Dog_Linux"></span>Yellow Dog Linux<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Yellow_Dog_Linux"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Yellow Dog Linux"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thomas_Mills_Hinkle" class="extiw" title="en:User:Thomas Mills Hinkle">Tom Hinkle</a> (Yellow Dog Linux -- recent convert)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="IRIX" data-mw-thread-id="h-IRIX"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-IRIX"></span>IRIX<span data-mw-comment-end="h-IRIX"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: IRIX"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_homebrew" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_homebrew"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_homebrew"></span>Other homebrew<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_homebrew"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other homebrew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Grunt" class="extiw" title="en:User:Grunt">Grunt</a> - I built the distro myself. No, you can't have a copy.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Distribution_not_specified" data-mw-thread-id="h-Distribution_not_specified"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Distribution_not_specified"></span>Distribution not specified<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Distribution_not_specified"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Distribution not specified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Adrian" class="extiw" title="en:User:Adrian">Adrian Lamo</a> It's just an operating system. Sure is nice, though.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Maveric149" class="extiw" title="en:User:Maveric149">mav</a> (it makes perfect sense to use Free Software while making a Free Encyclopedia)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ram-Man" class="extiw" title="en:User:Ram-Man">Ram-Man</a> I'm sold out. Well it's free. But I'm sold out anyway.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Formulax" class="extiw" title="en:User:Formulax">Formulax</a> (I use linux and free software everyday, because they are the best.)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brion_VIBBER" class="extiw" title="en:User:Brion VIBBER">Brion</a> (on servers mainly; my desktop machines are <a href="/wiki/Mac_user_Wikipedians" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac user Wikipedians">Mac</a> and <a href="/wiki/BSD_user_Wikipedians" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD user Wikipedians">FreeBSD</a> now)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Randal_Leavitt" class="extiw" title="en:User:Randal Leavitt">Randal Leavitt</a> Encouraging choice, resisting greed, liking Linux</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kpjas" class="extiw" title="en:User:Kpjas">Kpjas</a> -- a hardcore linux user who is forced sometimes to use the unmentionable system. That's life, folks!</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:sjc" class="extiw" title="en:User:sjc">sjc</a> - linux and solaris server side</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Willsmith" class="extiw" title="en:User:Willsmith">Will Smith (Malaysia)</a> - I am being paid to promote Open Source by the Malaysian Government. If you are in SEAsia, get in touch!</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andre_Engels" class="extiw" title="en:User:Andre Engels">Andre Engels</a> - though not out of principle like most Linux users. Just happened to have been a Unix machine for five years, so it was only natural that I could handle Linux better than Windows</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alodyne" class="extiw" title="en:User:Alodyne">alodyne</a> - open source, open info</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arvindn" class="extiw" title="en:User:Arvindn">Arvindn</a> - broke free 3 years ago, and never looked back :)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Wapcaplet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Wapcaplet (page does not exist)">Wapcaplet</a> -- After 3 years of aborted attempts, I've finally switched to Linux for good.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Paddu" class="extiw" title="en:User:Paddu">Paddu</a> - the OBVIOUS choice</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CYD" class="extiw" title="en:User:CYD">CYD</a> - Emacs.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kabads" class="extiw" title="en:User:Kabads">Kabads</a> - Freedom for all. Bought some Linux discs about 18 months ago, for about **3, and was truly amazed. Watched it grow and improve since then, and have become an avid advocate of free software.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Axon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Axon (page does not exist)">Axon</a> I use Linux for everything now... it rocks!</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Andrea_Sivieri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Andrea Sivieri (page does not exist)">Andrea Sivieri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:62.78.147.217&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:62.78.147.217 (page does not exist)">62.78.147.217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Mirwin" title="User:Mirwin">User:mirwin</a> I currently have linux 7.1 on a machine and I am attempting to download and transfer mySQL to the linux box for prototyping and self educational purposes. My best box is used for digital animation and thus I have trapped in Windows for the forseeable future.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Cimon_avaro" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Cimon avaro">Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick</a> No comments.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Angela" title="User:Angela">Angela</a>: Not all the time, but I keep my copy of the Wikipedia database on Linux.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GoGi" class="extiw" title="en:User:GoGi">GoGi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Optim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Optim (page does not exist)">Optim</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LittleDan" class="extiw" title="w:User:LittleDan">LDan</a> Just switched to Morphix Gnome -- it's so much faster than Windows</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gwicke" class="extiw" title="en:User:Gwicke">Gwicke</a> Morphix Gnome, Debian, XFS, Linux 2.6...</li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Vincent_Ramos" class="extiw" title="fr:Utilisateur:Vincent Ramos">fr:Utilisateur:Vincent Ramos</a> not using a free OS for a free encyclopedia would not make much sense</li> <li><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:Pilaf" class="extiw" title="es:Usuario:Pilaf">Pilaf</a> - Wouldn't use any other OS... except at work, maybe :P</li> <li><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugen64" class="extiw" title="es:Ugen64">ugen64</a> - still a noobie, though...</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Nikai" title="User:Nikai">Nikai</a> - gets the job done, and allows me to have fun tinkering with (and sometimes even enhancing) the software I use</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:SimonArlott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:SimonArlott (page does not exist)">Simon Arlott</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Shallot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Shallot (page does not exist)">Shallot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Ralgis" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Ralgis">Ralgis</a> - The Amnesic Incognito Live System</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedians_categorized_by_sub-cultural_affiliation" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedians categorized by sub-cultural affiliation">Wikipedians categorized by sub-cultural affiliation</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system_advocacy" class="extiw" title="en:Operating system advocacy">en:Operating system advocacy</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&oldid=27679548">https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linux_user_Wikimedians&oldid=27679548</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_Wikimedians" title="Category:Lists of Wikimedians">Lists of Wikimedians</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 30 October 2024, at 08:57.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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