As someone who grew up with Windows 95/98/XP/Vista and then thought I could switch fully over to Android for everything, and was happy there for several years now.
Over the last couple of years, I've been using Linux. I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on my home server, and Mint on my laptop for personal use. I do not game, I don't mine crypto, I like working on Home Assistant, watching movies/shows/videos, and that's pretty much it. But, I will admit, I dove head first into Linux, thinking it was just the deep end of the pool. I quickly realized it was more like a pool that had different sized tunnels that are pitch black dark, and filled with seaweed. NOTHING is written in plain English, and I was NOT prepared for it at all. But, I proceeded.
I'm still learning how MASSIVE the gaps in my knowledge are, but I feel like not only am I too deep in the water filled weed infested tunnels to turn back now, I have also LOVED the feeling of getting a program on my server running every time. Even being a self-proclaimed tech and overall tech enthusiast, I'm saying there won't be a year of Linux desktop/laptop as the new norm. It'll be a decade at least, if not a generation of Linux.
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