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I started using it 'cause I was working with a lot of Linux nerds and they convinced me to try it out. I liked the politics of the GPL and the potential in the Free ecosystem.
25 years later I refuse to use anything else. Windows & Mac are built to take options away from you, to force you do is your hardware their way, and I hate it. My machine does exactly what I want it to, with hundreds of keyboard shortcuts and a solid UI built atop transparent subsystems. Windows ties my hands while pushing ads and AI into my emails. Mac only "Just Works" if you're using it precisely the way that wasnt you to and exclusively with other iShit. No thanks.