Linux unlocked a world of computing where I'm in full control and everything imaginable is suddenly possible, and that felt like a breath of fresh air after a long time of closed source computing/software with that desktop OS that shall not be named
Thanks to linux, I feel like my computer is really mine and not belonging to some corporation that can decide what you can or can not do with and on it. Even-though I used FOSS before I was using linux, it truly opened the gates and now I use 99 % FOSS everywhere (on phone as well).
gave me a fun and cheaper alternative to windows in 1995, got me a job in IT in 1999, kept my sanity in face of a tsunamu of advertising pretending to be operating systems, keeps me occupied now I'm retired. Has been a friend for 29 years.
It gave me server and programming tools I would otherwise not have access to (for more than 120 days) to learn and assess as well as a secure desktop and learned a lot about how computers actually work.
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