I dabbled for a few years before I made the switch.

You learn after you switch. Not before. Because then it’s easier to search for a Linux solution than it is to reinstall windows and get it done in the way you’re familiar.

If you can dual boot and do your daily needs you are good enough to make the switch.

Maximum freedom, minimum government. But make sure the 10th percentile also have a meaningful improvement in living standards.

How you ask? Fucked if I know. I make computers go brrrrr, not societies.

And the one big customer who has standardized on xlsx, docx etc and use one of the two features that make the file look awful on anything not ms.

At work we run some software that while you can get it to run under Linux it’s not worth the effort even for me to bother.

One supplier is slowly moving towards the runtime being available on BSD at least. They also somewhat decoupled from visual studio in the latest release, while still being mandatory still it’s a step in the right direction.

Depends on the outcome of the next election.

Great grandfathers service medals from the continuation war.

As I understood it from grandma he was doing damage control when the Soviet fire bombed towns.

I don’t intend to get kids but my coworkers have them once in a while.

I think you should have some. I don’t think it should be a matter of pride to not take any.