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I didn't imply a mass exodus, I'm just telling you that 'linux has issues' isn't a good argument when both W10 and W11 also have issues of the same grade and that it is, in some nerd circles, pushing people into Linux because they'd rather deal with Linux problems than Windows problems.
But I want a mass exodus.
I want to be on the OS with all the support and the software and the compatibility and the patches and the drivers. I don't want to be in the nerd corner manually troubleshooting every piece of hardware I want to use. More to the point, I have things to do and can't afford that anyway.
And I would love if that OS happened to be free, open source and not trying to sell me crap.
Hey, if you're happy with the nerd corner, then that's great for you, but man, does it not line up with the headline of "I don't see a reason to switch to Windows anymore", which is what we're discussing here.
Then why are you investing so much energy telling everyone why there shouldn't be one?
I never said there shouldn't be one, I said there are good reasons for most people to not migrate that need to be resolved before they will be one.
I don't think it's annoying to have a million distros that each have their own quirks and problems with my system because I don't want people to move out of Windows, I think it's annoying because it IS, and it's one of several reasons preventing me and many others from moving out of the corporate walled gardens.
You sure fooled me. Your whole attitude in this thread is anger at the simple truth: the vast majority of computing done by end users is done in a web browser, and therefore many people could switch oses and barely notice any negative impact. How much irreplaceable desktop software are you running that shapes this perspective?
I'm a power user by all measures and i still typically have no more than 2-3 apps running outside my browser. And even most of those are cross platform apps. It seems like you're time traveling from 2005 with this take.