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Episode: 2832
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Title: HPR2832: How I got started in Linux
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr2832/hpr2832.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-19 17:29:19
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This is HBR episode 2008-132 entitled How I Got Started in Linux and in part of the series
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How I Found Linux It is posted by first time post-shadowed
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right and in about 3 minutes long and carrying a clean flag.
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The summary is this is a very brief introduction on what got me into using Linux.
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I wanted to introduce myself, I'm Shannon Wright.
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I have been using Linux for several years now.
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I started using it back in 2008 when I had just left another company where I was working
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strictly in Windows. The Windows system, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook,
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Exchange Server, perform technical support for those applications.
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So when I moved out of that position and into another role, I was working at a company that had
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a lot of Linux servers on the back end. Most of those were running Red Hat Linux and I took
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on the role of taking over an application that was running on these Linux servers.
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So I had to start learning more and more about Linux at that time.
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I learned that it was very powerful. I really enjoyed the technical aspect of it.
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So I at that point started using and installing Linux at home.
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I started with Ubuntu. I tried Fedora, CrunchBang, several different others
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that I wanted to try just looking at the different flavors and what I liked and didn't like about
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the different ones. Found out that it was very powerful, really enjoyed having to go down into
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the command line to do some commands. Not all commands you have to do the command line with
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there are several that have a UI for them, which is very nice for especially for beginners.
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But I really like the technical aspect of it being able to go down and
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properly format my syntax to pull up different information, run different commands.
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It was very fun. I really enjoyed it. I have been using it since 2008.
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I have several machines at home. Most of them run Linux, some form or fashion,
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most are running Ubuntu. That's the one I've been on probably the longest with the different
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versions and upgrades over the years. Very interesting operating system, very powerful.
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Yes, there are some people that talk about you can't do everything that you can do in Windows
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and Linux a lot around gaming, which I understand I'm not a big gamer. So that really didn't
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affect me. I've been able to use different applications for replacements for Windows.
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I use LibreOffice for my Office Suite as opposed to Microsoft Office. I also use something called
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Wine to be able to play some Windows applications or games that can run on Linux. That's about it
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for now. I just wanted to give a brief introduction on my background with Linux, where I've been at,
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what I'm doing now. I hope this has been helpful. Thank you.
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