Boomer is a tricky term now - it's starting to become a generic term for old people.

Personally it still felt like a step backwards when I felt I no longer had a choice but to switch to Linux in '97 or so (I'd used a souped up Amiga 3000 until then)

Sure, you could get far faster PCs with better graphics, but even Linux still felt like a step back in usability.

By '99 I was using Enlightenment with draggable virtual desktops to get back some superficial familiarity and still wishing I had a new Amiga instead.