Same here. Some nice german computer magazine with an (old) version of Suse, then Ubuntu. I broke the shared family computer more than once until I figured out the partitioning, bootloader and many driver issues. But it was just pirated games on the harddisk back then, so the one time I wiped the entire disk, I just went to the next LAN party and copied everything from my friends again. Linux really resonated with me. And I was still young so I was curious, impressed by what people do and it was easy to take everything in and learn the concepts. I stuck with Linux since. But I suppose it’s more difficult if you switch to Linux as an adult. You got stuff to do, want that PC to work and don’t have as much time to spend.
Same here. Some nice german computer magazine with an (old) version of Suse, then Ubuntu. I broke the shared family computer more than once until I figured out the partitioning, bootloader and many driver issues. But it was just pirated games on the harddisk back then, so the one time I wiped the entire disk, I just went to the next LAN party and copied everything from my friends again. Linux really resonated with me. And I was still young so I was curious, impressed by what people do and it was easy to take everything in and learn the concepts. I stuck with Linux since. But I suppose it’s more difficult if you switch to Linux as an adult. You got stuff to do, want that PC to work and don’t have as much time to spend.