I have points to burn, so I'll post, because I know this will scratch some folks the wrong way- …

TLDR: I’ve got stuff to do. I feel exactly the same way. I recently bought my father-in-law an M4 iMac which he thought was a disproportionately nice gift for no apparent reason. Oh there are some very compelling reasons for it. My tech support load went way down and he’s super happy. Win-win.

> sub-par desktop experience. I strongly disagree. Linux (KDE) is a far superior desktop experience these days, compared to Windows 11. Have you even seen the new Win11 taskbar and the shitty Start Menu - they ruined something which they perfected in Win7. The overall UX has taken a deep dive - like with the unwanted removal of classic Control Panel applets like "Window Color and Appearance" (which doesn't have a replacement), and the continued bolting-on of unwanted crap like Copilot and forced MS Accounts - like, even the CLOCK app requires you to sign-in (why?) [1]. There are even ads in MS PAINT [2]! Tell me if this is acceptable? > It will always take a herculean effort to stay on par with Windows or MacOS, and no one really wants to put their money where their mouth is. I also disagree with this, in fact, Linux has surpassed Windows and macOS in many areas. Take updates for instanc…

Windows is still enshittified and everyone needs an exit plan. For family users I recognize macOS. For windows apps I have virtualized win11 IoT with a passed through GPU. My monitor has multiple inputs and I can't even tell it's not native.

I have the same experience. I've tried to use Linux as a desktop since 2000. And tried and retried. Year after year and distro after distro. Until I realized the desktop experience on Linux will never be on par with Windows, that I need things to just work instead of constantly fiddling to make them work. I discovered that Gimp is not Photoshop and Libre Office is not MS Office. And I discovered that running things under Wine are not always great. I discovered I need and want to run Windows software. I discovered that I like the hardware to work out of the box. For me, Windows is great as a desktop. And I develop microservice based apps that run under Linux containers/Kubernetes in cloud. Docker Desktop, WSL and Hyper-V are taking care of all of my potential Linux needs. I also have a MacBook Pro, but I don't care much about the OS, I mainly bought it for the good battery life and use it…

> But the most important reason? My hardware is supported. My monitors look great; printers, scanners, mice and USB drives & keys all work. In fact, >90% of the time, everything just works. the only thing I have had issues with is one printer, and one graphics card with many machines over 20 years, so I would say I Linux manages better than 95% "just works".