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So, yea, Linux is a thing, and the way to go.

Research had me torn between Ubuntu and Mint.

Ubuntu won, but even that comes in a few different flavours! Vanilla was fine, but I wanted it to look prettier, Kubuntu has more theming options, but there some things annoying about it, so I think I have now settled on Cinnamon. These are famous last words.

Shiv’s old laptop has been claimed, after backing up what was on there. How the hell did Windows take up over 50GB on the drive but all the actual “stuff” that needed backing up amount to ~700MB?

I shall mostly be going through some courses on NetworkChuck’s Academy which seems to lean pretty heavily into HackTheBox

Onwards to Linux Fundamentals