[horsawlarway]

Eh, I have basically exactly the opposite opinion.

I've been using linux as a daily driver since 2007, Ubuntu for a long while, then Arch+Gnome since about 2018.

I feel like linux has never been as freeing as it is right now. I have compatibility with basically all of the software I need to do my work as a developer. I have a very functional display manager when I'm using the system as a workstation and an incredibly powerful and flexible set of tools to use on the system in general.

I run a bunch of real services that I host and share with family, and administration of those has never been easier from a "how much time do I spend dealing with maintenance" point of view (although the initial setup required fairly good understanding of a lot of systems/tech). Those boxes all sit in my basement running the same distro I run my workstation on, just configured for a different use case (headless).

I guess it's not as easy to throw a spinning/burning cube compiz theme on my machine anymore, but that wasn't really what got my motor going in the first place.