I agree with that mostly. For me, the bye bye to windows happened when I could finally convert AVI etc. to DVD files and burn discs that would play on standalone DVD players. Ubuntu does everything else I need.
I suspect many of us who’ve tried Linux have Windows based applications they missed GREATLY. I went through the throws of trying to run Windows apps in Linux. Simple apps worked alright. But others were a pain or didn’t work. And I bought software to do that with. No, not VMWare. I didn’t have the cash to throw at that one; especially for what little I’d need it for.
But it taught me a lesson. Windows is not perfect by a long shot. But it works, although yes there are issues. It’s been decades though since I’ve been involved with it. So it’s like an old pair of sneakers that’s seen better days, and may look kinda cruddy and let is a little puddle at times. But they’re still more comfortable than that new pair I tried last month.