@tomxcd I don't remember exactly when, but a neighbour presented me with SUSE 8.1 in a big multi-CD box (I think it was daunting for them / no idea why they would have had it)... and I had a few of the physical Ubuntu 6.04 CDs too (free IIRC?!)

These were not my first encounter, but I also didn't start using Linux "properly" until university...