Here’s some counter anecdotal evidence: my high end sound card doesn’t work with Linux Mint. Half my motherboard’s USB ports are not recognised by Linux Mint. And my brand new Apple Studio Display only partially works with Linux Mint.
All works 100% on Windows.
I’d still recommend moving away from Windows, but you must be honest that Linux OS’s still have more problems with hardware (in general). And for novice users/tech-unsavvy peeps, the amount of terminal time is still far too high.
Personally, I was only holding on to Windows for music production. But the other day I logged into Windows 11 after not having used it for a while and - whatever update had installed - it started causing audio dropouts on my 64 core machine, 128gb ram, with nvme drives and pro sound card!
That was the last straw for me. I ordered the new M4 Mac Mini Pro, which I’ll use just for music production. And continue with Linux Mint on my PC for everything else.
I’ve used Windows in one form or another since 3.1, but the amount of crap they keep loading on my machine without my permission and the generally hostile approach to users: “Let’s keep setting up your machine. Yes | Maybe Later”, let’s not. Let’s never use Windows again.