I can’t believe I’ve been using Linux for 20 years already! I started off with Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow) 20 years ago. It was in this book:
![Red Hat Linux and Fedora Unleashed Cover](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Red-Hat-Linux-and-Fedora-Unleashed-Cover-814x1024.png)
Boy has the technology come a long way in those 20 years!
One of my earliest desktop screenshots from back then:
![Gnome - 20151002](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/2oct2005_gnome.png)
Now one of my more recent desktops:
![programming activity - 20230211](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/programming-activity-20230211-1024x242.png)
I may do another post later this month with more of a retrospective, but for now, check out the Fedora Magazine article on the Fedora 39 Release.