Desktop. Desk. Top. I’m frequently never asked what I use and why. Operating systems: Mint on desktop, Devuan on server. Window Manager: Xfce. Painting program: Krita. This website: Apache. Operating system The family's first PC ran Windows 98. I couldn't have been older than 5. I somewhat vividly remember trying and failing to apply a The Fast and The Furious wallpaper, sitting on my dad's lap. I also remember trying to sign up for something Topolino related but my dad and I couldn't figure out how to input "@" on our Italian keyboard. I began dabbling with Linux way early on in my life, since I was a kid. I remember live booting Ubuntu on my dad's laptop, him unsavvy of my doings, back in 2007-2008. I never left the live environments, both on his laptop and the family's desktop, because I figured out I was way in over my head. I tried to play Tux Kart and Xonotic, but both ran in the single digit Frames Per Second. After a couple of years on Windows, in 2013 I experimented with Crunchbang (remember that?) on the now deprecated laptop, but since I had no use for an ancient, low-power laptop, I never did much other than browse the Internet and watch ETF2L streams in bed. I further experimented on that laptop with Manjaro, for the sake of sating my curiosity. I also ran Elementary OS on my desktop, for a brief period. I was in love with the gorgeous presentation, but too many niggles and kinks prevented me from staying. Windows 8 came, but I refused to upgrade. Windows 10 came, and I dabbled, but eventually went back to 7. EOS came, and I reclutanctly switched to 10, as support for my games on Linux was still almost non-existent. I mingled with 11 when that rolled, but I realised I had grown very annoyed of Microsoft's debauchery. In late 2024 I tried to make a full switch to Linux. I can't quite recall what I installed, but I soon turned my tail right back to Windows, as I couldn't figure out how to replace CLIP Studio and Google Drive, despite being enamored with the freedom of Linux. In February of the following year, however, I was so fed up with the Windows Way that on a whim I adopted a scorched earth approach and made it a goal to install and stick with EndeavourOS. I went on a frenzy over finally being able to experience the greatest heights of desktop computing. After a confusing sabbatical on W10 IoT Enterprise, for the sake of considering all options, I am finally satisfied with my computing experience as a full-time Linux user. I've ran Arch from June to November 2025, but now I'm on Mint out of curiosity.