Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.
I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.
I love learning new tech and operating environments. I’ve been like that ever since I was little. When I even get a new gaming console half the fun for me is digging around in the dashboard settings.
I was designing webpages in HTML4 back in the 90s as an early teen. Tinkering with stuff brings me joy.