Linux is the most widely used OS in the world.
It’s on almost all smart phones and servers.
As for being ‘committed’, that’s pretty funny these days.
The commitment is just dnloading and installing.
The list of supported devices is second to none.
of course, it doesn’t have the same look as windows or the mac... but that’s the point.
configure it how you want it to look.
"configure it how you want it to look."
Unless you want to use wifi....
Now, the above may no longer be true, as I am using an older kernel (18.3) because I need a version that runs on a 32 bit system (old Dell Inspiron laptop).
Mint failed to recognize the original wifi install (Linux Lite, OTOH, did..and worked as expected).
After buying three different USB wifi dongles touted for their Linux compatibility, ONE of the three finally worked (Panda) with Mint.
Linux runs on everything from Arm SoCs to supercomputers...
My ham rig runs Linux :-)
“it doesn’t have the same look as windows or the mac”.
That is the cool thing about Mint, it comes out of the box “feeling” like Win 7. All the bars and tools are in the same places as a Win 7 tool tray. If want the Mac feel then just right click the bottom tool bar and relocate it to the top. Or vertical up along either side if you like. If you want a full Mac theme package and you have Cinnamon you can just install it through the included theme manager...
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/themes/view/iOS-X
Or if you absolutely like Win 10 and want to be reminded of this MS fail...
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/themes/view/Windows-10
I like the darker sophisticated look of themes like Metallic Cyan...
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/themes/view/Metallic_Cyan
But all these Themes, applets, desklets and extensions in the link below can be browsed and installed from inside the boxed default Cinnamon settings manager.
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/ Themes, applets, desklets and extensions.