A few months ago I decided to make a manual Arch installation following the official wiki to learn some Linux stuff. I planned it beforehand because I guessed it'd take a good time (it's my first distro that doesn't come with a GUI by default).
I went 3 days straight setting everything up, since basic boot installation until my full Linux setup and programs, all from scratch. I even calculated the SSD blocks to partition the system, I had to make it perfect without a single non-used space. Later I figured out you can just use a percentage.
The thing is, I've never felt so fulfilled doing something in my life, it's probably one of the few joys I still have on my life. Not even playing games make me feel like that, I can't stand 2h of gameplay anymore, but when it comes to configuring literally ANYTHING on my Linux it's a pleasure to go after it and make it work.
It's just awesome, you type some random words and things get done, so much data and information about the system behind those little simple words, and you can combine all of this in way more complex stuff, it's nearly an infinite sea of possibilities.
There's so much stuff built for Linux that every single day you discover something new, every day is a new possibility, I just don't stop learning, I use Linux for like 7-8 years and still finding new things that exists since the beginning (like before 2000).
We can't deny how important Linux was for the digital freedom, imagine people having to rely only on Mac and Windows for everything, it'd be a nightmare. Not saying that those 2 OSs are necessarily bad, but big corps would make us even more dependent on their services, abusing of our data and privacy.
If something good happened in the world of digital technology, surely it was Linux. If you don't use Linux yet I'd suggest to try it, I know it might be hard at first but the real hard part is already done, which is building all this stuff, you just need to learn about it.
(I just realized how even the paragraphs are and now it's looking like AI-made but it's not, I just can't proof it).
Its how computers made me feel as a kid. Linux made me love computing again.
So many people view it as a chore because of m$ and apple ruining the experience. The love of tinkering is being degraded in everything and people become impatient and never satisfied.
So glad we have Linux !