Post #2920961
2026-05-20 06:28 UTC
@hellomiakoda@pdx.social sounds familiar. This is what brought me to Linux. Compared to Windows, it felt much more like being in control and understanding how things worked. The first time installing it and seeing that login prompt was a powerful moment I still remember.
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@hellomiakoda@pdx.social 2026-05-20 09:11
@lenzgr@mastodon.social I jumped to Linux in 2009. I was on Windows XP, I saw the preview of Windows Vista, and NOPE! I started with Ubuntu on an old iMac, then dual booting my primary PC (Ubuntu and Windows XP), then Windows went in a VM, and then one day, I didn't remember to set that VM up again. Now, there's a Windows VM for a specific old Windows 98 game I get nostalgic for, and one left from extracting Nook books for DRM stripping.