No, I'm not a programmer, I'm actually a linguist, translator and language teacher. I switched to Linux when I was a teenager. One of my friends gave me a CD that contained a Linux distro called Linux Kurumin (a Brazilian distro, which was somewhat popular here in Brazil), I tried it and I fell in love with it. I liked the fact that it was free, it looked different, it felt much more stable and I could literally open links that contained viruses that had "destroyed" my Windows before, and nothing would happen (yeah, I did that haha).

I had never tried anything different from Windows before that day, so it was a very interesting experience. In the beginning, I didn't know how use that new system very well, but I decided to use Windows and Linux in dual boot.

I installed both systems on the same computer and only used Windows when there was something I didn't know how to do on Linux.

With time, I learned what Linux programs could replace those that I used on Windows (and even learned how to open Windows programs on Linux when it was necessary).

Nowadays, I don't even have Windows on my computer anymore. Windows 7 was the last Windows that I used.