I went AWOL from MS after Vista came out. I don’t like how MS treats its customers and I don’t like what they did to the Windows interface. I grew tired of all the maintenance that Windows requires to keep it optimized and secure. Over the years I changed from an early MS fan to a severe critic. Linux has been a treat.
I liek linux for the basics- it’s easy- no massive maintanance issue liek with windows, liek you mentioend, and it just works- is fasdt booting, fast shutdown- etc
However, it do not like the complexity of it for more complex issue beyond just using the Internet and email and a few linux programs worth using- that is one area MS has linux beat- Everything just seems to work simply in windows as far as installing programs, installing aps etc- but in linux, very often, I’m left running into an install problem that takes me days, if ever, to figure out (programs not listed in the software management program), and getting specialized software to work is a real frustration at times- You can’t believe the hoops i was going to have to jump through just to get a program i use in Linux mint (mouse gesture program) to work in Debian linux- I gave up- too frustrating and far too complicated- I really wanted to like Debian, but my goodness I wasn’t ready to earn a master’s degree in coding just to get it working like i wanted=-
And he other thing i didn’t like about linux is, and not to poo poo linux, but their programs are crap- Sure, they can suffice, but that’s it- windows programs hoenslty are quite a bit nicer and m uch easier to use in many cases- linux games aren;t very good, and the whole wine thing doesn’t work very well nor do virtual machines for running windows programs which in my opinion are much better than linux ones,)
IF Virtual machines worked better, and i coudl run photoshop with full access to video card power- and everything worked correctly in photoshp and other programs under virtual machine- It would be an absolute no brainer to make the switch to linux and be perfectly happy with it- but as it is, I have to dual boot, and that is a pain
That said- I use linux mint cinnamon for everyday easy stuff like Internet, email, anything related to on line- and do really like the speed and stability and easy updates etc- linux really has come a long way since early days, (It’;s now very easy to set up printers, mice, kerboard,s even adding in components like USB 3 card was a snap) but it’s also got a long way to go to catch up with the true ease of windows and the excellence of many windows programs-
I have not regretted making the switch however to linux as my main os- and the learning curve wasn’t very hard at all for just general stuff- it’s really pretty much a ‘plug and play’ thing for basic computer use- and I’ll be very happy with it for hte basics- but being a photographer, I need the power and polish of pghotoshop and several programs that work exclusively with photoshop- and I do like still playing windows based games from which there are tons to choose from- so for now, I will stick with both- I just won’t allow windows 10 to access itnernet