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Oh wow, it was way back, around 2007. I was dating a guy who used Ubuntu and I decided that Windows was pissing me off and I wanted to try it. So I got it installed on an Asus, if I recall correctly. Dealt with driver issues, install issues, all that. But all the same, I loved it because it wasn't corporate - I could do what I wanted to do. So then I ended up in grad school, ended up doing modeling and simulation, all the while using Linux of course. I tried Suse but it ended up with weird bugs, so back to Ubuntu. Built my own desktop for research that wasn't on the HPC. Eventually Unity came out and I migrated to Kubuntu because I can't deal with the Unity interface.
Sadly I mostly use Apple right now for work because I make a lot of powerpoints, basically. But I still run Ubuntu at home, including of course my wee raspberry pi that is a Pi-hole for our home internet.
Oh damn, I can't imagine how rough it must have been in 2007, Linux has definitely came a very very long way. Props to you for sticking around through all the issues :)
From what I been hearing from people Apple is not that bad either, but personally it just confuses the hell out of me.
I don't like Apple because it forces you to do things the way they think you should do things, rather than letting you customize to do the way you prefer (like UI things). But it does work well for software development, data crunching, interfacing with HPC and office tools, so 🤷🏻♀️
Yea thats the thing l love about Linux, it will let you do whatever you want no matter how stupid it is, just gotta type sudo :D
Old XKCD...
1: Make me a sandwich
2: No! Make your own sandwich
1: Sudo make me a sandwich
2: Ok
Exactly! I am also a fan of this one:
Ahahaha that's great. Also dangerous but go nuts!