My first steps with Unix were some time around 2011. After having played with Linux for a couple of years (my first own Linux installation was in 1998 if I remember correctly) and even having had Debian as my server-driving OS, I was unhappy with the general stability of the system. I stumbled upon a BSD discussion board and spent a couple of nights reading Wikipedia. Then I set up my first FreeBSD VirtualBox. These days, my go-to non-Windows is BSD Unix and I'm very happy to know it. Thanks for your instability, Debian Linux!