First computing was at college in 1957 on a country house sized computer (assembly level coding!) then nothing for 10 or so years, then company trying our IBM big computer, then a BBC Micro, then a second (maybe third) hand IBM running MS DOS, then a bunch of second hand IBMs running Windows 3 and 3.1, but I was travelling on work into Soviet Union, their computers had IBM but cryllic keyboards and i could not write instruction for my machinery on them for customers, so found a 'Live Linux' distribution called Knoppix, (a Welsh small shop with magazine Knoppix on one floppy!). Tried, found I could use it on Soviet's computers with a UK keyboard overlay and then I was in business in English on another's computer. It worked a charm, except the occasional Soviet security guys wanting to know why I was sabotaging their computers ( interesting inside Soviet cells under interrogation) eventually got them to understand and OK thereafter. Since then house is Linux (OpenSUSE, Linux Mint) Knoppix still travels (albeit not a floppy!); work is unfortunately tied down to MS (but with some Multi-OS stuff for my use LibreOffice etc. on top on my machine).
I have now found different OSs in Linux for different purposes. A lot of elderly (like me!) folk with MS Vista I am converting to Linux to avoid buying new computer or 'being European using this a non-private MS windows 10 on a new computer. Now I do not feel I am an 'odd ball' using Linux, eventhe octogenarians know of it.
First computing was at college in 1957 on a country house sized computer (assembly level coding!) then nothing for 10 or so years, then company trying our IBM big computer, then a BBC Micro, then a second (maybe third) hand IBM running MS DOS, then a bunch of second hand IBMs running Windows 3 and 3.1, but I was travelling on work into Soviet Union, their computers had IBM but cryllic keyboards and i could not write instruction for my machinery on them for customers, so found a 'Live Linux' distribution called Knoppix, (a Welsh small shop with magazine Knoppix on one floppy!). Tried, found I could use it on Soviet's computers with a UK keyboard overlay and then I was in business in English on another's computer. It worked a charm, except the occasional Soviet security guys wanting to know why I was sabotaging their computers ( interesting inside Soviet cells under interrogation) eventually got them to understand and OK thereafter. Since then house is Linux (OpenSUSE, Linux Mint) Knoppix still travels (albeit not a floppy!); work is unfortunately tied down to MS (but with some Multi-OS stuff for my use LibreOffice etc. on top on my machine).
I have now found different OSs in Linux for different purposes. A lot of elderly (like me!) folk with MS Vista I am converting to Linux to avoid buying new computer or 'being European using this a non-private MS windows 10 on a new computer. Now I do not feel I am an 'odd ball' using Linux, eventhe octogenarians know of it.