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.
Wait until you get comfy on the shell, start scripting and discover vim. Then you’ll truely be beyond saving.
Hex
And just beyond the pitfall trap of vim is the portal to the infinite journey of Emacs.