This is so true.

I didn't install Linux in anger, I did it in an autistic hyperfixation fueled mania (I was hyperfixating on Linux after reading an old compsci essay posted to an unrelated forum I frequented at the time, and just knew I had to actually play around with it a bit to make the nasty side effects of a hyperfixation go away), but... yeah. When fixing shit on Windows, I'm usually already mad going into it. When fixing shit on Linux... I have so fucking many "Wait, if that means that, then can I do... I can! Yay!" moments. And, usually, "fixing shit" means "trying to change a minor annoyance" or "trying to do something cool", not "trying to resolve an error preventing something I need from working correctly". (Or, when something breaks that isn't something I can manage to fix, I'm far more prone to resigned acceptance and working around it than incandescent anger, which makes using Linux better for my health than using Windows. Because excessive stress takes years off your life. Today, I plugged my laptop into an external monitor and got it working how I wanted it, except that the laptop keyboard wouldn't work once I connected the monitor. Troubleshooting first step: Grab a spare external keyboard and see if that works on laptop's USB port or monitor's. It worked and I just left it for now. We'll see if anything changes when I next reboot the thing.)

I get the exact same "Using A Computer" experience I remember from when I was four, whenever I decide to find out "OK, can I do X, and how do I do it?" It's the best.

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