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by DeathArrow 440 days ago
I have the same experience. I've tried to use Linux as a desktop since 2000. And tried and retried. Year after year and distro after distro.

Until I realized the desktop experience on Linux will never be on par with Windows, that I need things to just work instead of constantly fiddling to make them work.

I discovered that Gimp is not Photoshop and Libre Office is not MS Office. And I discovered that running things under Wine are not always great.

I discovered I need and want to run Windows software.

I discovered that I like the hardware to work out of the box.

For me, Windows is great as a desktop. And I develop microservice based apps that run under Linux containers/Kubernetes in cloud.

Docker Desktop, WSL and Hyper-V are taking care of all of my potential Linux needs.

I also have a MacBook Pro, but I don't care much about the OS, I mainly bought it for the good battery life and use it to browse the web and watch movies in bed or on the couch or while traveling.