@n3wjack@mastodon.social hoo boy i voted windows, my personal experience with windows makes me feel like a lucky bastard sometimes whenever i hear other people say their windows experience was an utter nightmare lol

for one i don't really have any problems personally with windows 11 when it comes to actual user experience, really my only gripe was the taskbar not being movable anymore, so i just got a copy of startallback and put it on the left like i usually do. + a neat lil taskbar button icon i made myself

i have tried linux! the first distro i ever got working was debian stable with the help of a friend, using the gnome desktop environment. i really like the experience for what it is, but unfortunately since i like to draw in clip studio paint and edit 12+ minute YTPs in premiere pro, until wine compatibility's improved i'd either have to start dualbooting or stick with windows' ecosystem as i'm already comfortable with that

i distinctively remember having kasane teto as my wallpaper on my debian instance. originally i was going to try XFCE to see if i could get compiz working because like, despite my tolerance with windows i will admit the customization isn't nearly as open-minded as linux. plus like have you SEEN that fucking 3d desktop cube thing? or the wobbly windows? the only way to get that on windows is through stardock so i'd have to cough up another 20 bucks for it to work, and even then i doubt they'll be maintaining it per windows updates

with alternate software that works on linux, i do like krita! i was able to get a similar-ish experience after some hassle but my personal deal breaker is how the fill tool is unable to close gaps in linework. due to the wonders of "open source development" it hasn't become a feature outside of the planning stage for the last few years and the only thing that exists right now is a python script that i don't know how to use in krita. they just like gave me it and provided no guide whatsoever

considering windows is legitimately the least amount of votes on this poll i figured id actually explain why i've stuck with windows despite microsoft's attempts to make it less habitable for me (in a situation where i don't really give a darn as long as i can do my usual tomfoolery without the operating system telling me i should buy a digital rock or something)

started with windows 7 home i believe on a shitty little green acer laptop