Honestly, I agree with @StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net
Ok fair enough, but I wouldn’t have installed Linux if I had not seen it recommended.
I’m not a computer toucher, but I can follow written advice.
These sorts of posts always scold anyone giving out actual solutions just so being miserable can continue. This cultural thing almost has an end of history type vibe to it. It’s also pretty hostile to divergent and often solution focused neurotypes.
Linux evangelism kinda makes sense, no one is spending billions on marketing and ads for it. I think Linux evangelists should ask about use cases first, instead of just posting a generic “use Linux”.
It’s actually surprisingly easy to switch now if you don’t have any super specific software that you need Windows for. Even then it’s gotten easy to set up virtual windows containers to run those specific programs.
There’s so many distros out there that everyone can find an existing, well maintained one, that comes with all the features they want. I know that people who aren’t Windows power users find the switch to Linux virtually stress free and painless. Anyone who does technical stuff on Windows is usually able to pretty quickly transition to a POSIX shell and get the bonus of not having the bloated, broken registry system of Windows for configuration.
Adobe, ESRI, Autodesk (anything that’s super integrated into the .NET windowing system) are really the only big ones that make switching hard for some people. Games and stuff basically just work now thanks to Proton and the fact that AI workloads are usually run on a Linux server so NVIDIA has had to make it easier to use their Linux drivers.
I agree however I mean not easy to just switch as in cases where users are on windows for work or school, any other case switching is optimal
That was the second part of my post, there are cases where it’s inevitable that you’re gonna have to use Windows, but I also know that IT teams at big companies are at their breaking point with Microsoft and it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if institutions start migrating over the coming years.
One of the biggest infractions I’ve seen recently (besides the updates that totally broke recovery) was forced injection of ChatGPT into an update that essentially created a massive legal and security vulnerability for anyone using the latest update.
Legal firms, medical institutions, and companies with secure data protocols all suddenly had users that got AI integration directly into their OS that was straight up reading sensitive internal documents and funneling that data back to Microsoft for a few days until it was caught and shut down.
That alone is enough to make those institutions start to think about continuing to use Microsoft products and will make the already vocal calls from IT to make the switch much easier to justify.