@holis
Following, because I'm new and really curious too!

Every partner I've had hasn't really been interested in kink, or they're just not into domming me. Occasionally I'll get a partner to tie me up or choke me, but it's never as intense as I want and they're uncomfortable doing more. So most of my kinky exploration has been solo, mostly via self-bondage and fantasies. Posting here has been part of that.

But I have been going out (to clubs, etc) and slowly getting to know people in the local scene a bit more. I've met a few more experienced people with who I have been honest in my naivite and curiosity, and they have been happy to tell me about how things work. With one guy, I have a feeling it will move on to some more physical exploration, but we'll see. And through these people I'm hearing about some events that I'm getting up the courage to go to.

@spanksandsnacks
I used to be quite a distro hopper. I was super into configuring all kinds of weird things, getting it set up just right, and then wiping it all and starting over. It was a miracle if I had the same OS on my computer for more than 3 months haha

But I lost the patience for all of that once I started working. Pop OS is great because, like you said, it just works. And it is actually able to set up the NVIDIA graphics card on my laptop without too much hassle.

The other one I like now is Fedora. Getting the GPU working was more difficult (which is why I switched to Pop OS), but otherwise I find it very stable and nice to use right out of the box. Vanilla Gnome is a lot nicer these days too. Pop OS and its custom version of Gnome is a bit less stable, I find.