I think the Doctor Who fanbase is the actual worst out of all fanbases but I still like watching the show. you don't have to participate in the community if you want to use something. I use Linux but I'm not wearing thigh high socks and sitting in the Arch discord all day.

To be fair, removing the entire OS does disable this feature

But do you own the stockings?

I had a rough morning and your comment made it worst.

You can just use linux. You don't have to hang out with them.

Legislation is a poor way to force populations into changing away from something they choose to do/use. As the saying goes "It's hard to talk someone out of something they weren't talked into".

Example: See France or Somalia

And Linux will actively help you avoid doing both of those things.

Linux is great and all and I use it on several of my machines.

And if lay person just needs a computer to do basic things, internet, social media, stream, watch multimedia and the like it's a great system. I have it on my multimedia PC we use only for entertainment consumption and my grammas laptop where she only watches streaming videos on.

But if someone needs it for anything else, graphic design gaming productivity development it's much, much more difficult to use. I'm not saying it's impossible but it's much harder than just installing an exe on Windows and calling it a day.

And that's unfortunately the catch with Linux is that it's significantly less convenient to use than Windows.

For me personally when Windows 10 reaches its end of life I'm going to have to dule boot for regular computer usage to Linux and for gaming on windows 11. Something I really don't want to do because all I want to do is just turn my computer onand be able to use it I don't want to switch between operating systems but I realize that Windows 11 will be a privacy nightmare.

Why not both? As Linux achieves more and more momentum, you are bound to see real change in how Microsoft treats its users.

I'm curious on what features does Windows have other other OSes. Just gaming? Music and video editing can be on MacOS. Linux can do everything else.

And easier

MacOS doesn't run on my hardware, but yeah editing software and CAD software are the reasons I'm on Windows still.

Technically Davinci Resolve does run on Linux, but it's not always stable and lacks certain codec support.

I haven't found a good replacement for lightroom yet, darktable is too complex for me, and rawtherapee doesn't really manage my library well but is an OK RAW editor.

You do realize that most Steam games now work on the next natively correct? It's true, not all do, but a lot of them do.

Install Linux.

Very little gaming still requires Windows since the development of Proton. The main compatibility problems that remain seem to involve kernel-invasive anti-cheat systems.

I need Win11 for work. Specifically, Grasshopper. I've tried alternatives. They suck.

Thus, debloat methods are very welcome.

I came to this

Unless you used PGP or something, emails were never "private" in any meaningful sense of the word.

Adoption.

If you're really committed, Wine or Quickemu are pretty damn good now. Grasshopper may almost fully work. Worth a shot. If you're generous and it works well enough, you can create bugs for any gaps in behavior and help everyone else. But not everyone has time for it.