Hi all,
Based on recent discussions, I thought you might enjoy a
contemporaneous rendering of my switch from Windows to Linux in late
March 2001 (25 years ago).
It's called "The Windows to Linux Conversion" and is available at
https://troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200104/200104.htm
Very nicely summarized and thanks for sharing your transition journey.
It brought back memories of experimenting with Slackware, Debian, Redhat, Mandrake, Caldera (Looking Glass DE), and S.u.S.E and not to mention the various DEs.
My journey from Windows to Linux is very similar to yours (1995 to present).
I had an IT consulting practice deploying IT infrastructure to the SME segment; my USP Open Source solution.
On the server side - gateways with ipchain FW, proxy servers, etc.)
On the desktop, tinkered with different DEs (1997 - 2000) and settled on KDE 1.x circa 2000.
Cheers 🍻