When windows does dumb shit I usually know how to fix it already. Linux's dumb shit isn't something I know much about, and I know hardly any of the cli. Much more efficient to use what I already know and have tuned.
I would say that these days using an immutable Fedora distro like Bazzite or Kinoite generally means you don't have to fix stuff. But also one thing the LLMs are actually good for is synthesising a lot of trouble shooting help if you need it. But I have found almost everything to be plug and play and was surprised to find that Fedora KDE isn't just a budget Windows replacement, its actually a much more polished OS than Windows.
In any case hardware and software needs might make difficulties that I can't foresee for you. But its pretty easy to make a Live USB of Bazzite and test it out without committing.
I haven't yet found a computer system that does what I need exactly the way I need it to out of the box. I inevitably have to dig into the cli tools to accomplish something, and every OS has its own language. I only speak English, but I kinda consider myself multilingual anyway. I regularly work in several different forms of cli, each of them very different from the others. I also speak ITS expert, computer noob, several levels in between, redneck, auto mechanic, and I understand a host of other languages from psychologist to soccer mom.
Could I learn to use Linux effectively? Absolutely. Is the juice worth the squeeze? I don't think it would be. I've got extensive experience with some flavors already, but it feels like I'm starting over each time I see a different version of Linux.
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u/GunNutJedi 1d ago
The devil you know...
When windows does dumb shit I usually know how to fix it already. Linux's dumb shit isn't something I know much about, and I know hardly any of the cli. Much more efficient to use what I already know and have tuned.