I got introduced to the series with Season 2 intially before Season 1 - Thanks to Digit (Computer magazine in India).
Back then circa 2004-2007, very few people had Internet access in non-metro cities here in India and so optical disks with the computer magazines was the way through which we got updated stuff every month.
In 2007 when I was a teenager passing out from school, I watched S02 from the Digit DVD and got to know that the S01 is better and infact S01 has made the series popular obviously. I wonder if Digit provided S01 before 2007 on the disks !??
I downloaded and watched season 1 too and it was awesome. I think the music really makes this whole series a legendary one along with the webcam & desktop screens.
Those were the best XP-era fun days and this series came at the right time with the right theme !