My history with Ubuntu (2009 - Now)

[portalhavoc]

It all started back in 2009 when my dad got a netbook:
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It was an ASUS EeePC 901 which originally came with an old version of Debian. My dad reloaded it with Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope (The Netbook Remix Version)

We had it for about 2 years until it broke in 2011.

And around that time...

I was using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal on an old HP Compaq computer made in 2005.

I was using it from Late 2011 to April 2012 when the computer started to become unresponsive and we got rid of it and we went back to Windows 7 :(

So I was basically using Windows for another 2 years. (My first operating system was Windows XP Professional when I was little.)

Until June of 2014.. When me and my dad hooked up a Dell Precision 690 (It ran Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr) and I was using it as my Linux box for a few months and then something happened to the motherboard in the computer so I was gone without a computer for at least a week :o

And then. In August my dad ordered some parts and he and I built a gaming computer. It originally ran Ubuntu, But something happened with the video card drivers and I had a switch back to Windows. :(

So that is my history with Ubuntu.

Oh I forgot one more thing. Back in 2011, I used to pronounce Ubuntu as "You-bun-too" when It's actually pronounced "Ooh-boon-too". :P

I hope that you like it!

[/ADM]

Sounds like you have bad luck with Motherboards and Video Cards! Your first OS was XP Pro.. wow I feel old :)

[portalhavoc]

Sounds like you have bad luck with Motherboards and Video Cards! Your first OS was XP Pro.. wow I feel old :)

Well, The real reason of what happened to that motherboard was when my dad tried to put in a brand new video card. (It was an AMD Radeon R9 280X) and it scraped the motherboard to the point where it says that the system halted when it tries to start up. The computer I was using at the time was a Dell Precision 690 (As mentioned before) and it was about 7 years old. I guess that's what happens when you try to put in a part that is too new for the system LOL.

[help_me2]

I had that netbook! I too put Debian on it, and actually wrote a tutorial about doing a minimal install for it. I started with linux back in 2004 though. Wish I had started sooner.

[xubu2]

My first os was xp then win7 and after that i switched to ubuntu in 2013.
After a month using ubuntu i switched to arch with xfce.
Now after using arch for 13 months i'm back with xubuntu :)

[asifnaz]

! Your first OS was XP Pro.. wow I feel old :)

Me too :p

[pfeiffep]

My first OS (on a personal computer) was on a Commodore 64.
Then in order:
Apple II
DOS 3.0
Windows xx
Linux

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

Sounds like you have bad luck with Motherboards and Video Cards! Your first OS was XP Pro.. wow I feel old :)
my 1st was xp pro also, however i had used win 95/98/me, just i did not own the hardware
my 1st computer did stuck, win xp on a Pentium 3 ~500Mhz CPU 128/256 ram, 4mb shared video
saly i cant get sound on that thing under linux cause the sound chip is on some crappy 54k modem
later on i got a Pentium 4 1gb ram, theat was a a night and day upgrade (xubuntu runs great on that)
but it got hot and it has bulging caps (dell optiplex 280/270 maybe)
next system was my old laptop (hp cq60-215dx) which got very hot and is a bit slow
later on i got my current laptop (see signature)
after that i built a phenom ii 965 computer, last july i upgraded the mobo/cpu to a i5-4690k (cause it was under $300)

yestreday i did some work with old hard drives, a 13gb and a 20gb hdd (cloned the 13gb after i did a lubuntu minimal install on it)

[stalkingwolf]

My first OS was 98 SE, as i recall an amd 2.1gz processor with 1gb ram. First buntu was 6.10, first EEE (which i stole for 125.00 including shipping) i put 7.04 on.

My Wifes first "linux " was freespire.

[Linuxratty]

Ah,I see I'm not the only one who is old as dirt!):P
Windows 3.1,95,98,XP, Linspire,Freespire,Klikit, Fedora,Mepis,Kubuntu Feisty Fawn,all Ubuntu lts distros till now with Elementary OS.