As someone who switched from Windows to Linux in college, I have no regrets.
All of the rough edges I've encountered (usually) have resulted in a better understanding of how software actually works.
All of the rough edges I've encountered (usually) have resulted in a better understanding of how software actually works.
Instead going fully Linux had its pain points, but the learning, exposure to everything and the experience was well worth it. Looking back, so many of the issue I ran into ~10 years ago barely exist today - at least I rarely run into those kind of hurdles either due to more experience or the ecosystem just being quite stable and mature now.
It’s too dumbed down. Settings don’t exist or are buried. The interface has gone backwards. Cloud and internet spam embedded everywhere..
The only reason I was still on windows was for gaming, and even that is mostly a solved problem on Linux these days.
My next main install is old faithful ubuntu server.
The best distro for a new Linux user is actually the same distro your best friend uses. When things get dire it's good to have a direct help (Arch Wiki is great but one needs to know how to extract most or its knowledge).
100%.
Although an experienced GNU/Linux tinkerer can probably easily help you with any distro unless you're using something really exotic (i.e., it's immutable, non-GNU-based, non-FHS, or something like that). I run NixOS but I support a Kubuntu system for an older relative, and it's not really a problem.