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title: How I stopped worrying and ended up using Linux instead
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I thought I was going crazy. How could a change in OS be the solution to this seemingly unsolvable mess?! But it was and it allowed me to use my machine again. That was all that really mattered to me and so I started to adapt to my new situation.
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![Screenshot of SuSE Linux 9.0 running KDE 3.1 with a few applications opened](https://cdn.sebin-nyshkim.net/-B88C5jFVA7 "This was my first introduction to Linux on the desktop in 2004")
![Screenshot of SuSE Linux 9.0 running KDE 3.1 with a few applications opened](https://img.sebin-nyshkim.net/i/f2f08400-7db1-4ad7-8e98-0fd56c87b9b4 "This was my first introduction to Linux on the desktop in 2004")
The first time I tried getting into Linux was during my teens in secondary school, starting with SuSE Linux 9.0 around 2004, included on a CD in a magazine with an installation guide. I was fascinated about the little things open source software did differently from what I was used to, e.g. tabs in the file manager, installing any software in a centralized software center, customizing the look and feel by just downloading files from the internet, copy them somewhere and BOOM new theme! I even held presentations in school showcasing how similar Linux and Windows were in terms of day to day use-cases, like listening to music, watching videos, writing documents and surfing the web.
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I even played games on Linux back then, like Doom 3 and Neverwinter Nights (these actually had official Linux versions readily available). But the majority of games I played were exclusive to Windows and unworkable with the version of Wine that was available at the time. So I was missing a reason to stay on Linux for longer because for most of the things I did with a computer, I still needed to boot back into Windows. Alas.
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![Linux Mint 18 with its flagship Cinnamon desktop](https://cdn.sebin-nyshkim.net/-Bx5pkSihhX "Since I've heard a lot of good things about Linux Mint I was giving that a shot and it served me well for many years")
![Linux Mint 18 with its flagship Cinnamon desktop](https://img.sebin-nyshkim.net/i/a6f466d8-8648-4b68-9532-72d40c548bee "Since I've heard a lot of good things about Linux Mint I was giving that a shot and it served me well for many years")
I was still very "Windows pilled", in that I avoided doing things via the terminal like the plague. Luckily, Linux Mint being very beginner focused allowed me to avoid it for most stuff. I only updated core system packages with `apt`, the rest of my apps I took from somewhere else as a `*.deb` package or I went to the software store app that came with Linux Mint.
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I looked further into it and learned it was *Arch-based*. I've never heard of any distro being based on anything else other than Debian or Ubuntu. It presented itself as both bleeding edge and user friendly and I was gonna give it a shot, if that meant I would also get to do more tinkering.
![Screenshot of Manjaro KDE with the file manager and terminal open, next to a couple system monitor desktop widgets. The wallpaper has a milk glass appearance behind open windows.](https://cdn.sebin-nyshkim.net/-BFoUGXUFLb "My customized Manjaro KDE desktop at the time. I'm such a sucker for glassy interfaces 😩💦")
![Screenshot of Manjaro KDE with the file manager and terminal open, next to a couple system monitor desktop widgets. The wallpaper has a milk glass appearance behind open windows.](https://img.sebin-nyshkim.net/i/c28b5e66-6b7f-4392-89ba-2dc62f43a38d "My customized Manjaro KDE desktop at the time. I'm such a sucker for glassy interfaces 😩💦")
And for the most part, I pretty much got what I expected. I was able to enjoy very recent software, on a rolling release basis, without the frills of having to manage everything myself. Also, I learned of a neat little thing called the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/), with tons of more great software that was just waiting for me to install it. I was very excited of the possibilities! Also, Manjaro being a rolling-release disto, just like Arch, meant I did not have to deal with major distribution release cycles, receiving updates to the latest versions when they become available. I was always up to date, as long as I just kept installing periodic system updates. What a concept!