I am a linux user, this is a thing apparently, how did I get there, I don’t know how long but 20 years would not be unreasonable 

My journey started with Portableapps. This is a set of apps you can carry on a usb stick for windows, all, I think, open-source. Open-source in generally free and sometimes, rarely, better than commercial software, but doable. I 99% use Opensource software. I did when I used Windows.

I started with Ubunta, duel boot, and still use it serveral installs later. I have an Ubuntu server with 3 kvm (Kernal Virtual Machines). 

Nextcloud and Webserver under Debian, Homeassistant has its own Operating system. I also have a mini pc running Windows 11, I would rather it wasn’t there, running Peppermint I use as a laptop. My phone is Hauwei which is challenging. I have had chromebooks, they are ok for old people and young kids.

I use Nginx as a reverse proxy that way only one port 443 for all my machines.

For the future I am thinking of installing Immage and Headscale

Links

• Nextcloud
• Homeassistant
  
• Portableapps