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what caused you to get into Linux? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by Altomes@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?

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[–] Benjamin@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

As a young tech trying to get started, Knoppix live CD enabled me to clean viruses and recover data for clients.

After years of using it as a specific tool, I decided to daily drive it when an older machine stopped accepting Windows Updates.

I still run Windows on my big rig, but Debian on everything Else.