Four solid months into my Linux journey, and I had a realization:

[debaer@23.social]

@prime I was 30 years into my Linux (and Solaris and Darwin and FreeBSD) journey when I started to work for a company where using Outlook, Teams and SharePoint is necessary. As long as Microsoft exists, you can never be safe.

[prime@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@deBaer well I'm unemployed right now so

[climatejenny@biodiversity.social]

@prime I decided to try Linux as experiment on a cheap used laptop, keeping the old Windows machine at the ready in case it didn’t work. I think I may have booted up the Windows machine once since then.

[sunweaver@fosstodon.org]

@prime n
So what's next on your agenda? The phone?

[w6kme@mastodon.radio]

@prime Isn't that wonderful? I had the same experience; by existing Windows experience was more than enough to find my way in the Linux world with surprisingly little effort.

Walking away from MS and Apple has never been easier. We've been trained to believe we're trapped in their economies. It's not so.

[springdiesel@spore.social]

@prime

I got laid off last June and converted my personal computer to Debian shortly thereafter. I'm partially afraid of getting hired because I may be required to use Windows again.

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@prime It's been a little bit harder for me because I'm a gamer and have had to deal with some annoyances, but in the end I just don't ever want to ever go back. Even if Microsoft suddenly realizes what they've done and the way they screwed over every single one of their users and chased away people who used their software for literal decades and makes a Windows 12 that goes back to XP/7 goodness, it's too late. The bridges are all burned. I will never ever trust Microsoft ever again no matter what they do.

Plus the feeling of actually owning my own blasted PC truly is hard to underestimate. No fighting against systems determined to force stuff on me against my will... (Except systemd FFS.)

[starraven@mastodon.scot]

@prime

I have used Linux before, in an old, bare bones capacity. The only reason I am currently using Windows is gaming.

[jd9c5m@mastodon.hams.social]

@prime Linux FTW!

[anctreat5358@lgbtqia.space]

@prime I felt the same liberation when I switched to macOS from Windows.

[deborahh@cosocial.ca]

@prime @Babcia54 same!

[catavz@mastodon.social]

@prime As you know, the Matrix has four stages. You are in stage 2 (Matrix Reloaded). For the true and pure form of freedom we feel, we invite you to stage 4 (the BSD world #freebsd #openbsd ). Hopefully, Morpheus (@boksy) and his team will continue to accompany you.