what caused you to get into Linux?

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• Vorthas@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Windows 8 taking away the skeumorphic, frutiger aero theme for a plain boring flat theme as well as going with a very anti-desktop look with the start menu. I still haven’t gone back to Windows and probably never will for my personal computer (work computer is different) since I don’t see them ever bringing back the fun Vista and 7 look.

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• ShayKStage@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Windows

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• AlexSup21@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  High school computer class. I was like: “Hey! This is pretty cool.” And the rest is history.

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• technom@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The realization that Windows was stealthily making dozens of internet connections. I don’t know what they were for and there was no reasonable way to disable it.

  I’m an evangelist so far as to recommend people to switch to Linux or BSD. But people always find some reason to stay on Windows - "I will switch when Linux starts doing ". (Not gaming). It often feels like they’re searching for a problem to justify not switching. I don’t bother fighting with such people.

  I’m obsessed with modifying Linux to my liking. Programming was another one of my reasons for switching. These days, I program components of my desktop to suit my needs.

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• koudelka@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Each Linux VM requires fewer resources and takes less time to maintain compared to Windows so I can run more of the servers I want.

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• UsefulInfoPlz@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Vista… what a horrible piece of crap when it came out.

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• HubertManne@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  https://www.evl.uic.edu/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman although I had experience with unix from college. bit of a free software evangel but linux wise im just a pragmatist.

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• Vampire@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Everybody needs an operating system

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