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Ubuntu ~2005/2006. I was introduced to Linux by my friend's older brother in highschool, then proceeded to nuke the windows install on my parents' PC.
That's when they decided to buy me a laptop, which I dualbooted ubuntu on. Now almost two decades later, I'm a devops engineer working professionally with Linux
I was starting in similar years, some time in high school (03-07) I set up a dual boot with Ubuntu. I've dabbled on and off since. Usually put Ubuntu on old laptops to give em some more life, current work laptop is that way. It's never been my primary OS. But I've had either a dual boot or laptop running it most years since then.