In-Depth Series: How I Found Linux
- Number of episodes: 58
- Open/closed: open
- Date of earliest show: 2009-04-30
- Date of latest show: 2019-12-18
- Series RSS feeds: ogg, spx, mp3
Started by monsterb, this series invites people to share with us how they found Linux. It has become traditional for first time hosts to share with us their journey to Linux. Indeed it has morphed to be way to share your journey in tech right up to your first contribution to HPR.
Released: 2019-12-18. Duration: 00:40:41. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: video recorder,Skinner box,logic gate,digitiser,Dobbie McInnes,Data General,teletype,Cyber-72,APL,Si.
Part 3 of my personal story of experiences with computers
Released: 2019-11-27. Duration: 00:04:36. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Linux, FreeBSD, Computers.
How I start in Linux, computing, and Free Software
Released: 2019-06-24. Duration: 00:31:04. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux, intro, story, discourse, bsd.
A response to the request for "how i got into linux" and a little of my history with Linux/BSD
Released: 2019-06-11. Duration: 00:02:48. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux, introduction.
This is a very brief introduction on what got me into using Linux.
Released: 2016-08-03. Duration: 00:33:21. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux, ubuntu, suse, mandriva.
Knightwise tells us how his wife's 80 year old grandmother got him into Linux.
Released: 2016-06-13. Duration: 00:11:49. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Windows 3.1,Windows 95,Windows 98,Xubuntu,Windows XP,Freespire,Ubuntu,LibreOffice,Linux Mint.
This is a short show where I talk about how I started to use Linux
Released: 2016-05-27. Duration: 00:05:00. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux, Vim, git, grep, Filezilla, LAMP stack, Meteor, Firefox, Chromium.
A short description of why someone would stumble onto Linux and not want to leave.
Released: 2016-02-23. Duration: 00:20:24. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Sony tape recorder,RedHat Linux,Enlightenment E16,dial-up,Mandrake,Debian,Icepack Linux,Slackware,Linux Mint,CrunchBang,OpenBSD.
My first podcast. Me rambling about how I got into Linux.
Released: 2016-02-19. Duration: 00:27:45. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux.
I talk at length about how I got started with Linux
Released: 2016-02-16. Duration: 00:14:19. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Linux, Beginners, Computing history, Gaming.
My personal story of discovery of Linux
Released: 2015-10-19. Duration: 00:15:12. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Urecord,Slirp,Amiga,turbolinux,guix.
I'm so old I actually installed Watchtower on an Amiga and I review 22 years of Linux distributions
Released: 2015-08-24. Duration: 00:09:36. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: espeak,East Germany,punched cards,Commodore 64,Atari Mega ST,Macintosh,iMAC,MAC OS,LaTex,Debian,Ubuntu,Mint,Bodhi,ArchBang.
From punch cards to Manjaro
Released: 2015-07-13. Duration: 00:42:38. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: computer,programming,punched card,paper tape,teletype,graph plotter,Seymour Cray,CDC,Control Data Corporation,CDC 7600,Cray-1,ICL,ALGOL 60,FORTRAN,Pascal.
Part 2 of my personal story of experiences with computers
Released: 2015-04-20. Duration: 00:18:34. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Crunchbang.
How I got into linux, LFS and where I use Linux now.
Released: 2014-12-18. Duration: 00:26:54. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: computer,mainframe,programming,punched card,paper tape,teletype,graph plotter,ALGOL 60.
I've been using computers for more than 40 years. This is part 1 of my story
Released: 2014-11-06. Duration: 00:17:33. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Sansa Clip,Audacity.
How I discovered Linux
Released: 2014-09-25. Duration: 00:18:16. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: windows,Ubuntu,Puppy,Crunchbang,Arch.
I sum up my experience with linux from 0 to 1!
Released: 2014-08-18. Duration: 00:27:54. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Linux, FLOSS, Mac.
This is my story about how I got into computers, computing and GNU/Linux.
Released: 2014-07-16. Duration: 01:07:57. Flag: Clean.
Tags: FOSS,software,creative commons,music.
Kevie and Andrew release TuxJam episode 33 1/3 as an exclusive to HPR on how they got into Linux
Released: 2014-07-08. Duration: 00:15:22. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: birthday,Atari,Macintosh Classic,Ubuntu,Mint.
The cake is not a lie, I tell how I got into Linux and what my favorite Birthday Cake is.
Released: 2014-06-30. Duration: 00:36:19. Flag: Clean.
Tags: BASIC,Mattel Aquarius,Apple IIe,Macintosh,RedHat,SUSE,Mandrake,Slackware.
ClaudioM talks about how he came to computers and to Linux
Released: 2014-05-01. Duration: 00:59:57. Flag: Clean.
Tags: DEC,PDP-11/20,ASR-33,RSTS-11,BASIC,FORTRAN,Pascal,VAX-11/780,Ultrix,Linux,Ubuntu,Gentoo,Slackware.
linux, computing, minicomputers, Fortran, COBOL, Pascal, Basic
Released: 2014-04-15. Duration: 00:06:16. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux.
New host x1101 describes how he got into Linux
Released: 2014-03-25. Duration: 00:13:59. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Mandrake,Mandriva,OpenMandriva,Slackware,Debian,Ubuntu.
CPrompt^ goes into how he found linux and never looked back...
Released: 2013-12-17. Duration: 00:10:48. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux,open source.
My first contribution to HPR: how I came to use Linux and Free/Open Source software
Released: 2013-11-21. Duration: 00:11:03. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: "Red Hat",Audacity,Notepad++,Windows7,Ubuntu.
New HPR podcaster Keith Murray shares how he came to the Linux and OSS world.
Released: 2013-11-18. Duration: 00:57:12. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: TRS80,"IBM portable PC",modem,"Texas Instruments TI-99/4A","Fedora Core",Freespire,"Linux Mint",Manjaro,Debian,MythTV.
Kevin Wisher and Honkey Magoo each discuss their journey to Linux
Released: 2013-09-11. Duration: 00:16:39. Flag: Clean.
Tags: "Mac Classic II",FreeBSD,Ubuntu.
A first show from a new host describing their journey to Linux
Released: 2013-08-23. Duration: 00:06:54. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Pascal,RedHat,Ubuntu,Arch,Debian,PHP,MySQL.
jrobb gives a short show about how he got into Linux and programming
Released: 2013-08-21. Duration: 00:18:35. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: "computer history".
Sunzofman1's journey to Linux
Released: 2013-04-10. Duration: 00:11:59. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Windows,"Corel Linux","Red Hat Linux",Ubuntu,Debian,Arch,Python,jedit,geany.
From Windows to Arch with a few other Linux versions along the way
Released: 2012-12-05. Duration: 00:17:13. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: ZX Spectrum,Corel Linux,Debian,Gentoo,Ubuntu .
Another contributor describes their Linux journey
Released: 2012-11-29. Duration: 00:09:47. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Windows XP,Ubuntu,Unity,Debian,Gnome,CrunchBang .
Another contributor describes their Linux journey
Released: 2012-06-11. Duration: 00:26:06. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,knoppix,kde,BSA,OpenOffice,Firefox,Thunderbird,Samba,Ubuntu,SuSE,OpenSuSE,Debian.
The second part of Bob Wooden's Linux journey
Released: 2012-03-05. Duration: 00:09:08. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
Riddlebox talks of his journey to Linux
Released: 2012-02-22. Duration: 00:31:03. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,redhat,fedora,suse,open suse,ltsp,nfs,dhcp.
The first part of Bob Wooden's Linux journey
Released: 2012-02-07. Duration: 00:15:32. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,slackware,debian,samba,dns.
Frank Bell continues the story of his journey to Linux
Released: 2012-01-19. Duration: 00:05:49. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Smoothwall,Puppy Linux,Ubuntu,Arch,Debian,Bash,Bashpodder.
An introductory show from a new host
Released: 2012-01-16. Duration: 00:30:34. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: mainframe,punched card,teletype,Sinclair ZX80,PC XT,DOS,Linux,KDE.
An introduction from a new host
Released: 2011-12-12. Duration: 00:17:34. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,slackware.
Frank Bell begins the story of his journey to Linux
Released: 2011-08-22. Duration: 00:04:47. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Ubuntu.
Mike Hingley's first HPR episode where he describes how he got into Linux
Released: 2011-06-20. Duration: 00:12:27. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Knoppix,"live CD",microdrive,"compact flash".
Another part of Mr Gadgets' journey to his daily use of Linux
Released: 2011-06-16. Duration: 00:08:52. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: "Redhat Linux",LILO,Fedora,"Arch Linux",Maemo,"Nokia N900".
In his first episode NewAgeTechnoHippie describes his Linux journey
Released: 2011-06-06. Duration: 00:07:49. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Interview,"PC repair","Linux Mint",Mumble.
Ken Fallon interviews Dave over Mumble about his use of Linux
Released: 2011-05-15. Duration: 00:19:37. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,O/S 2 Warp.
Continuing Mr Gadgets' journey to Linux
Released: 2011-05-04. Duration: 00:07:45. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
Brotherred explains how his journey to Linux started with a local Sports radio show
Released: 2011-04-13. Duration: 00:04:52. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: computing history,vintage hardware,nelf.
My Computer History
Released: 2011-04-06. Duration: 00:22:37. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: development,"dual boot",distrohopping,linux.
code.cruncher explains where they began in computing, and how they found Linux
Released: 2011-04-04. Duration: 00:13:43. Flag: Explicit.
Released: 2011-02-28. Duration: 00:24:00. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: mainframe,linux,distrohopping.
dodddummy's journey to Linux, from mainframes to home computers
Released: 2011-01-25. Duration: 00:27:08. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
brother mouse relates his journey to Linux
Released: 2010-11-26. Duration: 00:10:45. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Linux.
Johninsc describes how he found Linux
Released: 2009-07-27. Duration: 00:28:06. Flag: Explicit.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
Released: 2009-06-09. Duration: 00:29:01. Flag: Explicit.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
Released: 2009-06-01. Duration: 00:29:15. Flag: Explicit.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
Released: 2009-05-19. Duration: 00:27:24. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
Released: 2009-05-05. Duration: 00:28:14. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Linux.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
Released: 2009-04-30. Duration: 00:29:54. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Linux.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users