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I'm the person who said I am going to switch from Windows to Kubuntu and try to make all my software run (like my music plugins). The update: I quickly gave up. I'm sorry, that's underwhelming. I couldn't figure out how to run my notation program with WINE.
it's okay. this is what the world is for music software. it is a price to pay for their hardware, but for me macOS was more tolerable than windows and works with a majority of music software.
But, this gave me a chance to do a clean install of the latest Windows version (25H2). After reinstalling all my programs, in the spirit of a Linux user, I started customizing stuff: I bought "StartIsBack" and made my taskbar and Start Menu look like Windows 7, I made Tampermonkey scripts to improve websites like YouTube (removed annoying sections on the search page like "People also watched", "Previously watched", and "Explore more", and also pushed the homepage recommendations down by 100vh,
if you turn off youtube watch history the homepage is blank and shorts can't be used unless u navigate to the channel and then to the video.
which is genius because now I can't be distracted while looking for a video), blocked distracting websites from the hosts file (the chess sites, so I don't waste my life playing 3-minute chess for 10 hours while losing all my games), tried to disable Windows telemetry to pretend I have privacy, I finally realized after 4 years I can lower my fans speed (yes!), and I have concluded 3 things: 1) Linux is good for two types of people: the advanced and the amateurs, because the advanced know what they're doing, and the amateurs won't be doing anything hard on their computer,
well said. but also there are workflows that are friendlier. music is just destined to not happen on linux. stuff like software engineering works great, even better, on linux.
2) I appreciate Windows more, 3) I will gladly run Linux if I get a secondary computer.
this is how i treat my laptop(s) now. it isn't that serious of a machine and i doesnt have to run everything.
The question is, do you think people that announce triumphantly their upcoming Linux switch don't know what's in store for them?
this is generally the case for people announcing to do anything before considering what it takes. it's like a new years resolution.