What got you into UNIX/Linux/BSD?

Persephone said:
[...] its Orewellian doublespeak about 'freedom'.
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This was a prime motivation away from GNU for me as well. The BSD license is much more aligned with my connotation of freedom than the GPL's "copylef.

That, and simple curiosity.
 
no love for the institution, hacker mentality. tried several linux brands, some where just as buggy as windows. found a copy of FreeBSD 4.4 at barnes and nobles, been with FreeBSD ever since.
 
Long time UNIX (AIX, HPUX) guy at work, Mac OSX guy at home for the last 4 years. When Apple started the OSX bloat with Lion/Mountain Lion, my 4 year old iMac was no longer usable because of all the paging it was doing. Between OSX and Safari, nearly 3/4 of my 4GB RAM was used with just a dozen tabs open. Since I was at max RAM, I could only resolve the issue in the Apple world by buying another iMac for $2500. Dumping OSX and moving to FreeBSD has extended the life of my iMac and significantly improved my computing experience. Should have done this 4 years ago.
 
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