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Same here. Made the switch decades ago (yes, plural) and I'm always amazed at how much better these distros have become.

Folks, we're now at the point where you can have the Windows experience you're used to (GUI, behavior, support for popular apps, multimedia support, etc.) but without the Microsoft creepiness of harvesting your data and/or crippling your hardware. Why /wouldn't/ you want to make the switch?

ps. That was a rhetorical question. I'm not really interested in hearing about that legacy app you still need to support. For the average home user, the time to take the plunge is right now. :-).

I think the article has a good point about the extent that customers will tolerate being abused by Microsoft. It's way too obvious that Microsoft has taken the situation for granted, but things can shift, like in the way there are almost no Windows smartphones and they got beaten-up in the mobile OS market. People have been saying that Linux on the desktop is coming, for years, but it really does feel like a significant shift is happening.

I made the switch earlier this year, only to get a job at an e-waste recycling company where I install Linux on laptops and desktops. Coincidentally, I also de-googled my phone at the same time (LineageOS, then GrapheneOS). The only place where I use Windows anymore is my retro desktop with Windows 98.