Just another old man that’s been around windows since the tail end of 3.11, begining of win 95…for me the pinnacle.of windows was 7 pro, been a downward slide since, and recently my 10 pro sorta back handly “upgraded” me to 11…which left a bad taste in my mouth overall. A format n reinstall back to 10 pro n I started reading n researching Linux…after trying a couple different distro’s, I came upon the Garuda dragonised and I stalled the zen version. I’m already quite pleased with how the I stall and updates all went for me, I even managed to find some cad and 3d modeling software to learn as alternatives to the 3ds max and solidworks I use often. Other than a slite hiccup involving a realtek USB wireless dongle which was solved via a hardline, I’ve gotten further along with less issues in Garuda than the other 3 distro’s I had dual booted to my laptop (Windows 10 HAS to stay for now due to software I use daily, at least till I find and learn alternatives in Linux) so far it’s been a pleasant curve in Garuda. Hope to be around often n asking dumb newbie questions 
I work in the steel industry, and carpentry as a hobby. I’m older n been around the block a few times which ofc leaves me a cynical bas’ard at times with a dark sense a humor.
You and me both, so welcome to the Linux fraternity pal.
Ya, I hear you there. I’ve been using Linux for a long while, but pretty much stopped using Windows completely with the advent of Windows 8 as I found it repugnant. I couldn’t possibly imagine returning to Windows now, with it basically being spyware masquerading as an OS.
Our community has plenty of older members, so I’m sure you’ll fit right in here. Welcome to the Garuda community old dude. 
Welcome!
I was born just after Led Zeppelin called it quits, so I guess I’m not a spring chicken myself anymore. 
The latest version of Windows that I touched was XP SP3. At some point I got so fed up with all the blue screen errors I decided to run it as a lightweight VM within Ubuntu (yay nLiteOS!). I’ve tried to keep Windows 98 alive on my parents machine using all kinds of unofficial service packs (there used to be quite a dedicated Win98 community back then), but at some point I must have given up. 
Anyway: enjoy the ride!
Thats not old I was born just after the 2nd world war and don’t consider my self old, just a wee bit older than a teenager.