This is fun... I knew about Linux for a long time, but first time I tried was in College, (probably 10yrs ago,) when we had a one-time lecture about Fedora. I liked it, but I stuck to Windows.
I kept making Linux LiveUSBs but never had them as my main PC.
I decided to go full Linux when I learned about Proton a few years ago, at the start I only did it to learn how to use it, but I like it more than Windows now. (It helps that Windows have gotten worse.)
Fedora was a stranger to me 10 years ago, now it's one of the best alternatives. Windows has fallen and Linux has improved a lot, that's the truth.