@tomxcd 1995. Yes, dear god I'm old. I think the first one for me was Slackware 2.3 (kernel 1.2.8) which I downloaded with my friend from a local BBS (BBBS) during two nights (14.4k modem). After installing it, I got the blank terminal prompt there blinking and I thought "ok, now what?" and went to buy Running Linux 1st edition.