It’s nifty on Windows where I can run all kinds of other professional productivity programs. I went back to Windows because Linux can’t deliver and likes to break on updates. -Someone that loves CLI and didn’t mind that about it.

Conspiracy theories. It’s a happier life without them.

"Benn Jordan has a great video about it "

You guys always have your videos and click bait headlines (that contradict the actual articles).

Typically, this kind of anecdotal n00by nonsense accompanies newer, less heard of distros. There’s plenty of bitching and legit gripes about Mint filling forums nowadays.

All you have is anecdote.

Perhaps read about all the garbage Linux puts out. -They don’t do the testing, QA, or slow roll outs that Windows does.

Typical Linux users ignore ‘min. spec requirements -OS: WIndows **’. The hidden transaction fees you incur costs everyone else.

It’s not just art, it’s just about anything to do with professional productivity. Linux isn’t better for development in general; it’s better for development for Linux. -This is why you see so much propaganda about it being preferred by devs; because it’s not a simple ‘not it’s not!’. The other propagandas like Libre Office, GIMP, etc., are often debunked by professionals as not being adequate in Linux’s own communities.

I’m sure it’s not counting those of us using the free version that comes with Windows.

The heat from use damages integrated parts equally. Laptops and phones are disposable and shouldn’t waste on modularity because when one part goes, typically the rest follow. Modularity adds bulk weight and can interfere with cooling. A lot of those modules can be replaced by cheaper, and more convenient specialty cables.

Noob take.

What was your reason for switching, and what do you use your computer for?

Which helps contribute to resale value which contributes to initial sale value.

In case you ever felt inadequate.

All the things that are easily disabled? -Sounds as foolish as having a distro for changing wallpaper, fonts and color scheme.

I have no issue with using the terminal myself, but you’re expecting other people to use something that’s foreign and unneeded when it’s not even safe to do so. Copying scripts from the internet is dangerous, and even a minor typo when you know what you’re doing can bring your system down. -Which happens even to senior system admins at times.

Some people don’t want to run Linux for the same reason they don’t want a job where a slightly off measurement in a chemical factory can destroy a town.

skill issue

For what? Recipe keeping?

They do make a small profit off those phones, while you could’ve simply hit them where it counts with ad-blocking and tracker protection.

And this is a mere part of why great game developers don’t give a shit about Linux.

That doesn’t make kernel ABI stability irrelevant. Also, your statement was: 'The Linux Kernel is very stable in terms of API and even ABI."

Internal kernel ABI instability affects anything that depends on out-of-tree drivers (which games do). GPU drivers, input drivers, and certain middleware -all affected, and all can break games.