cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/16098493
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What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?
Microsoft.
Honestly, the Reddit migration. I switched to Lemmy about 6 months ago. A few of the largest communities at that time were Self Hosting and Privacy related. Those naturally lead me to looking into Linux. From there I started minor self hosting on a Pi. Then, after a rather long walk through the Yongsan Electronics Market in Korea I built my own Homelab, and last week, I moved my primary desktop to Pop_OS. Honestly, It’s been a blast. A few learning curves, but the ability to have near complete control over my setup, and the increased self reliance has been delightful.
r/unixporn got me interested, but the FOSS philosophy is what resonated with me.
Started using it at a techno-necromancy job I had. Once I realized that you could use it to do things that Windows made needlessly difficult, I was hooked.
Interest in alternative operating systems. I’m old so I got into it back when Windows 95 had just come out. Mandrake was my first distro, but I was also weirdly interested in BeOS and OS/2 Warp.
I guess we’re of similar vintage. I’m using Linux now because BeOS never quite made it to being suitable as a daily driver and Warp ultimately died.
There’s also the fact that I’m retired now. There is little to be gained in doing what anyone else is doing, so I might as well do as I please.
