@BrodieOnLinux@linuxrocks.online i stick with windows primarily because that's where the software i use works, and ive set up my workflow to work with the way windows is structured... with windows 11 specifically, i use startallback to replace the taskbar, and microsoft's own powertoys to run applications and find files. i find it to be a lot easier than sifting through folders in start menus just to find what i want

ive grown familiar with the windows interface and software that works only on windows..thats not to say i havent toyed with linux (i liked the gnome interface, kde looks interesting to me)

linux for me is unfortunately hard to switch to as i'm the subset of people who use adobe products and clip studio paint for creative work, and unfortunately there's been no FOSS software i've seen that's able to replicate adobe animate's symbol/tween/shape tween/bitmap features, or editors that could work for YTP editing (not including resolve, as that barely works as is on linux!)

while i have tried krita, i still have some issues with it that the current stable release hasn't fixed yet, and even then, this would still leave the adobe products waiting to be replaced... i know in a linux machine you could either use WINE or a VM, but WINE support is up in the air + unstable, and VMs are just gonna make me prefer using a proper windows machine (which was what i did when running debian stable w/ gnome originally)

whats weird is that i always hear about updates fucking with peoples computers, the dreaded 'patch tuesday', boot loops, ads in file explorer, being nagged for bloat features, performance issues, etc... but i've never had any of these problems on my install of windows 11, like i have copilot, i don't use it, but im never bothered about it by microsoft at all to use it...this might be because im using MSEdgeRedirect with StartAllBack to put the taskbar on the left side of the screen and style it closer to windows 7...looks nicer that way in my opinion

i want to bet that at some point down the line that microsoft will find a way to drive me off of windows somehow, which would probably only be when they forcefully refuse to let me use startallback or the such, and make me pay per month to even use my operating system. and if i do make that switch, i can at least know that i've been able to make my experience on linux pretty much great the first time, and i'm sure with enough tinkering i can get...something figured out to replicate my drawing and animating stuff. just a matter of what happens