Notes from James Pain personal blog

I love Linux, but I can't quit Windows

by James Pain jpain.io published 2026-05-143 min read

I've been distro-hopping for probably twenty years. Every time I install Linux I feel a small swell of optimism, like this time it'll stick. Linux never sticks with me.

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