I somehow ended up with a manual for Mandriva long before I had a machine of my own or that someone would let me install Linux on - I read it thoroughly hoping

I somehow ended up with a manual for Mandriva long before I had a machine of my own or that someone would let me install Linux on - I read it thoroughly hoping to learn everything I could about *nix. I never did end up using Mandriva, but it still feels like my first distribution... Sad, in a way, to see it end.