I ripped off my last MS-branded bandaid almost a year ago and switched my gaming PC to Linux Mint Debian Edition! Zero regrets, and pretty much anything Windows-specific that I’d used before has either an official Linux version, or a third-party open source clone. The latter is often far simpler than the Windows version as well, and for the 2 or 3 “this-will-literally-only-run-on-Windows” bits of software that I legitimately need at some point or another - a VM running a debloated and stripped-down install of Windows 10 LTSC Enterprise.
Other than that (and my work laptop which I don’t count because it’s company property), I have zero Windows devices in my home. It’s freeing.
I ripped off my last MS-branded bandaid almost a year ago and switched my gaming PC to Linux Mint Debian Edition! Zero regrets, and pretty much anything Windows-specific that I’d used before has either an official Linux version, or a third-party open source clone. The latter is often far simpler than the Windows version as well, and for the 2 or 3 “this-will-literally-only-run-on-Windows” bits of software that I legitimately need at some point or another - a VM running a debloated and stripped-down install of Windows 10 LTSC Enterprise.
Other than that (and my work laptop which I don’t count because it’s company property), I have zero Windows devices in my home. It’s freeing.