Welcome to the forum. I currently have six linnies (my original pair and their 4 babies) I love linnies. They are calm, quiet and make such pleasant little sounds. They are very social birds and although some get to be hand shy, regardless of having been hand fed, they still remain affectionate. My two (the babies are still too new to tell about long term personality) are a joy. When allowed out of the cage, they will seek me out and either land on me or very close to where I am. Occasionally, they would have aloof moments where they preferred to sit a little further, but if I left and went in another room, they would follow. I used to have budgies when I was younger and I would say that linnies are a lot more "parroty" than them and not as "finchy" as budgies. I've never had a cockatiel, but that was one of my options before settling on linnies. The reason I chose linnies over cockatiels was 1) the dust, linnies are not really dusty and nowhere near as dusty as tiels. 2) I YouTubed linnies/cockatiels screaming and I find the linnies sounds, even at their most loudest and annoying, less bothersome to me than a cockatiel (although not bad compared to other birds). 3) I liked the linnie colors/looks more than the tiels (I know it shouldn't really matter, but it did to me, especially considering it was a close decision between the two)
