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by sz4kerto 1236 days ago
Depends on what you mean by completely different. For many, libre/FOSS is a fundamentally different paradigm as you can tweak it ad infinitum and also rely on it being stable (as in: not changing) for a long time. This is a niche, but it's important for some people.

If you mean the UI, then tiling window managers like Sway are quite different.

But I don't think UIs will ever be factor that draws people to Linux et al., it'll mostly be the feeling of freedom.