My first introduction to computers was a FreeBSD machine my dad kept in the craft room closet—that's where I learned how to use bash, Emacs, mutt, and the like.

My first introduction to computers was a FreeBSD machine my dad kept in the craft room closet—that's where I learned how to use bash, Emacs, mutt, and the like. My family had a Mac, and I daily drive a Mac. And while I'm not the Apple fanboy I used to be, I still like Apple's products for the most part. Hot dang this theme looks awesome. As much as I detest Windows and everything non-UNIXy about it, Windows 7 looked great. That's the version of Windows that my high school ran; none of the computers were fast by any means (IIRC it took all night to render the weekly video the press team put out on Fridays) so the animations all were a little… stiff… but I appreciated that MS actually made an OS that looked good. I mean, look at that shine! Look at those lighting effects! And the OS is still useable! Anyway… it's also a testament that you can make KDE do this kind of trick. Nutso.