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Why do you use/choose Linux?
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I’ve never liked Microsoft but grew up using it and naturally when I came into adulthood I stuck with what I was familiar with. Then my longtime girlfriend got me into Mac which for me was definitely a step up because it didn’t have a lot of the annoying bullshit bloat that MS has but as time went on and I started to care more about digital privacy I realized that Linux had been here this whole time and dipped my toes in while also using MacOS and then once I was familiar enough with Linux that I felt confident I could do anything that I would need to do on my Mac on Linux I made the switch completely