lost my xp product code and i had built a new pc, was stoked to try out RAID0. So i bought vista at walmart only to find out i picked up the upgrade version and not the base install, so i couldn’t activate it without an xp code. Got exposed to linux during my programming class, all assignments had to compile on the school’s server. After learning that linux was free and getting tired of reinstalling vista every 30 days (it got pretty manageable after i learned how to slipstream the installer but i was so done) i made a Ubuntu usb and fell all the way down the rabbit hole. I can still hear the ubuntu startup music and then the sudden BADADONK notification sounds. Wine was good enough to run my DOTA launcher (WC3) and that was all i really cared about back then. Believe it or not ubuntu was awesome back in those days. They did some 100 papercuts program focused on fixing annoying things, suddenly usability went through the roof, things just started working with less hastle. Eventually i distrohopped a bunch, i kept failing to get graphics to work on arch, stuck with fedora for a while, i was rocking intel’s clear linux for a couple years but kept running into stability issues. At some point Mesa decided to be awesome and i had an AMD card and Arch installed with zero problems (I use arch BTW). I moved /home to its own partition so i can distrohop easier but i havent reinstalled an OS since i did that several years ago. Anyway, i like my setup, i’m really set in my ways and have gotten fast and efficient. I think i’ll try Nix.