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That's the only reason I ever log into Windows. Such an atrocious OS.

I audibly groan when I reboot from Fedora to Windows to play a AAA game.

My bootloader is all screwed up because of the TPM2.0 requirement for Windows 11 so I have to boot to BIOS and select my drive whenever I restart. It's a pain.

I'm perpetually surprised to see this. Windows has flaws, but every time I've tried Linux, it's been a bad experience. Ie, starts smooth from a clean install, but breaks once you install things outside the distro's package management. Turns into a cycle of internet searches, then C+Ping text into the terminal, hoping it will fix things, and the GUI will still boot afterwards.

I've been running the same Ubuntu install on my desktop for over 5 years now and I haven't run into any issues (if I did they were small enough that I don't remember them). It my experience, it's much more stable, usable, and aesthetic than Windows.

I use macOS as my main driver, though.

Not to be that guy but Windows is the best OS out right now with all its faults. I don't have to dick around with Linux, and my USB ports don't crap the bed every two seconds and I can actually manage my windows unlike with MacOS.

That it plays games is just a bonus.

Why are windows hard to manage under macOS?

You need to install a 3rd party tool to switch between windows in macOS, like alt+tab provides in Windows and most linux desktops.

macOS of course has cmd+tab, but that switches apps not windows.

you can switch between windows of a single app with cmd+`...

Cmd+backtick

It just requires an app on Mac versus windows key + arrow to move windows around. It's a non-issue.

Requiring an app is a blocking issue.

I usually get away just fine with Control+Command+f to fullscreen the window, and Control+Up will open up Mission Control so that I can get two fullscreened windows side-by-side. It's all built into macOS.

Windows 11 adds snap layouts, for which there is currently no analog, but this will let you do the side-by-side thing from earlier versions of Windows as long as you can tolerate the fullscreened windows becoming their own Space. (I actually find this preferable myself, but YMMV.)

The insistence that window be the only thing I need to be looking at on MacOS is also a frustrating one. No, Steve, I really do want to manage my windows.

Have to agree. I regularly use Windows 11, OS X, and Debian-based desktop distros. Nothing comes close to the built-in functionality of Windows. Such a shame it's subject to advertising and aggressive telemetry.

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