I think it’s safe to say that most people here have used more than one Linux distribution, and their first distro wasn’t their last. I’m curious, what were the steps that took you from your first Linux distro to what you currently use? What were the reasons you switched away each time? Would you ever switch back to an old distro? Are you happy with your current one?
Ubuntu 2008 - 2010
Trisquel 2010 - 2014
Debian 2014 - 2019
GNU Guix System 2019 - present
First decade can be summed up as learning about GNU/Linux and the free software movement. Ubuntu of course was the “Linux” for new users back in those days so of course it was my entry point. I moved to Trisquel, a fully-liberated Ubuntu derivative, upon fully embracing Stallmanism, and then to Debian once it seemed Trisquel was falling behind on updates and because Debian was ultimately the “source” of all Ubuntu/Mint derivatives anyway (it’s all Debian? Always has been).
There’s nothing particularly wrong with Debian for my use case but I became interested in GNU Guix package manager and OS fairly recently and wanted to dive into it, and it’s been a learning experience since. I started my own Guix channel (package repository) where I maintain personal packages for my own use, and in 2020 I helped contribute one of said packages, Icedove, a fully-free Thunderbird derivative; my pen name is present in the copyright declaration of gnuzilla.scm.