Old Guy
Though I would share my recent experience with Linux Mint.
But first, before I forget (I'm old), thanks for the memory - someone above mention Unix. When I first got on the internet (late 80's early 90's) you actually had to know some Unix commands. LOL.
I tried Linux many years ago but I found it... difficult and time consuming. I have threatened for several years to make the switch but no time. But after all the recent shitty things MS has pulled I finally did it. WOW, I'm super impressed with the progress since I last tried it. Love Mint. Not only is it much easier/nicer than it used to be but it really blows Windoze away with it's ease to do more techy things where Windows tries so hard anymore to hide (or remove) all the things that allow you to do more than just the usual stuff. For all those reading this that are slightly more techy than the average user you will be glad you tired it.
The only downside is that, as a first try, I loaded Mint into a VM machine on my MS Surface tablet but I can't use it as a tablet as it lacks that ability. Anybody know of a distro that does tablets? I tried looking for a tablet with pre-loaded Linux but there doesn't seem to be much. No worries, as I have many desktops that will be permanently moved to Mint soon. I would also ask for recommendations on a Linux beginner blog where you can read short articles to increase your knowledge when you have only small amounts of time to invest? Or a good Linux reference site I could go to quickly solve an immediate problem? Now if only I had the time to get my Purism Mini (with the Pure OS) up and running.