[parineum]

> You could also use an OS that doesn't tend to have dodgy updates that brick your system, such as most Linux distro.

I haven't done it recently but back when I was learning Linux, I definitely bricked my fair share of installations updating and installing things.

It was probably fixable to a more experienced person but it wasn't to me.

Linux is a lot of things but brick-proof for novice users isn't one of them.

[VorpalWay]

It has gotten a lot better from what I can tell, though that is just based on what I see others struggle with (or not struggle with as may be the case).

I can't judge this directly (I'm in way too deep, running Arch etc), I first started using Linux seriously in 2004, stopped using Windows except for gaming by 2006, and touched it less and less over the years. I have not used Windows 11 at all.