I understand the frustration when things don’t just work. Also I find it kind of funny when people act like Linux just solved all their problems, despite recurring driver and dependency issues, compatibility problems, etc. These all get hand-waved somehow because it’s not Linux’s “fault” I suppose? Good for the author but the opportunity cost of moving to Linux alone is prohibitive based on the comments I see here, my own experience notwithstanding…
> Just read the other comments in this thread, all the evidence you need is in plain sight.
Do anecdotes constitute citable/useful data for OSes with millions of users? Especially for comparison?
> Conversely, I’ve been on windows 11 for work for a few years now with zero issues.
By your previous standard, this thread (and the OP's article) are the evidence of Win11 being especially problematic. :)
Also, is there an entire IT team supporting your Win 11 instance to make it usable? :)
I have 2 Windows 11 laptops for different jobs. One (part time job) has a small help desk team to support it (though overwhelmingly the issues there tend to relate to their choice of VPN, not the OS). The other is a company with maybe a headcount of 20-30? So no dedicated IT.
That said, I bring up my point just to agree with you. I think there are plenty of cases where people had bad experiences with both Windows and Linux (and MacOS too, of course). Sometimes it’s hardware. Sometimes it’s the use cases. Sometimes it’s personal preference. Whatever it is, the anecdotes don’t make either of them the better choice.
I agree with you that there's some friction involved and a bunch of trade-offs.
The thing is that I absolutely lost it, because of the bugs and the ads, and just wanted something reliable that doesn't nag me all the time.
I know that other people's linux experience may be radically different due to different hardware, so I'll consider myself lucky it all worked out.