You kind of have to hit ‘rock bottom’ for it to really make sense to get used to a whole new environment. It’s a big change and when everything is foreign, it’s easy to go back to what you’re used to.
Windows Vista was rock bottom for me. I figured that if they were going to change a bunch of the stupid nonsense I had memorized on Win2k/XP for no reason, I may as well learn it all again in Linux instead of learning their crap so they could just change it all again for no earthly good reason.
Of course Linux isn’t without it’s issues in that regard. The quest to try and make every desktop perform like a phone or a tablet infuriates me and it runs across both Windows and Linux. With Linux, however, there are some alternatives that I find more viable than the Windows ones that I’ve tried.
So far, I haven’t quite hit bottom. My primary desktop is still Win 7, which I like. I have 10 on my laptop and the “backup” desktop, which is marginally useful.
The MacBook Pro has whatever the latest Mac OS is, but it’s in the shop for a rather expensive repair (which is unfortunate given the premium price of Mac products). I almost said no to the fix, but since they’ve already got it, and since I do like the machine, I let them do it. It’s got a relatively large 512 gig SSD so it’s no slouch.
Anyway, I’ve got enough hardware to experiment, as long as it’s free.