I started with Android, of all things (first android phone in the froyo/gingerbread era, iirc). Got really interest in modding so I signed up for XDA. It was pretty cool while it lasted, and it introduced me to the world of GPL and open source stuff. Still didn't install Linux.
After a few years, my now ex-company started using Ubuntu and it worked pretty well for such shitty PCs, so I got more interested in Linux. At home, I got interested in building kernels, so I started reading up more about it. Finally installed Virtualbox and installed Mint and built my first Android kernel from source. Stuck with Mint for a few years.
Got interested in Arch but was intimidated, so I went and installed EOS on my laptop. Learned more about Linux (Still using EOS there now) Kept using VMs for hobbies and tried a lot of distros.
Saw iusearchlinux.fyi in lemmy and it called out my name. As an asshole whose whole life revolves around bragging about using arch, i signed up for this instance. ๐