How old are you?

nurali · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:40 am Post subject: How old are you?

How old are Gentoo users?
I'm 26
(Idea is from Arch linux forum)

rfx · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:55 am Post subject:

s0ulslack1 · n00b Joined: 06 Mar 2022 Posts: 25

42. Been around Gentoo since 1.4rc's, hail Gentoo!

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:53 am Post subject:

A recent topic related to age.
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flexibeast · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:36 am Post subject:

49. Ooooold. :-)

First computer i used was either a TRS-80 or an Apple IIe, first *n*x was RedHat 5.2.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:39 am Post subject:

nurali,

I started playing with computers as a 10 year old. That was in 1963.
If you find out what computers are good for besides 'playing with' please let me know :)
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C5ace · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:04 pm Post subject:

79. Started playing with computers 1985.

First one was a Japanese knockoff of an IBM PC. was repurposed as a boat anchor.
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saellaven · l33t Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 654

46

First installed Linux in 1993ish, got serious about it in 1995 when a *nix clone became very handy for college, was rolling my own distro and was an early uncredited contributor to LFS a couple years later, and switched to Gentoo in 2006 to help automate upgrading my disparate systems as time became more precious.
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nurali · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 3:45 am Post subject:

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CooSee · Veteran Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 1468 Location: Earth

i still have 5¼-inch, and 3½-inch floppy disks chilling around somewhere.

my first pc was an IBM microchannel bus (MCA) with 486 CPU - 1MB graphics - 8MB RAM, 50MB? disk (SCSI) - no Sound - no CD-ROM - no internet.

first time Linux was Debian Hamm then Slink etc.

oh sh... - now i remember how old i'am and getting older - everyday :lol:

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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:56 am Post subject:

nurali,

"Playing with" means for amusement only :)
That covers a lot more than playing games.
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wjb · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:14 pm Post subject:

This is a clue. My avatar illustrates the medium I had to use to negotiate with computers when I started work. And libraries had to be put together with scissors and shiny gold tape, in the right order (obviously).

wuzzerd · Guru Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 467 Location: New Mexico

81 punched a lot of cards for a 360

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wanne32 · n00b Joined: 11 Nov 2023 Posts: 69

pleb · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2021 Posts: 1

38. Seem to have my original forum account from back in the days. Now I just lurk with this one

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madmanuk · n00b Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 63 Location: England

Found the old account! Looks like the last thing I'd replied to was someone asking for help getting AfterStep running. Man I'm old

NeglectedRudderPug · n00b Joined: 04 Oct 2023 Posts: 26

I am so old, that I am older than time itself.

Leesha · n00b Joined: 30 Dec 2023 Posts: 1

33 y

New on website.

John R. Graham · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:42 pm Post subject:

64, as I write this. Started my Linux journey with Gentoo in 2005 when I registered my Forum account. The only previous *nix experience I had was in the 1980s with actual Unix System V running on a Convergent Systems minicomputer. I did actually do punch cards for an IBM 370 in my first semester at university, but soon wrangled a time sharing (terminal) account out of my professor and never did that again.

- John
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nurali · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:27 pm Post subject: