From long time i wanted to switch to linux as i am tired of windows but what made you switch? and how long has it been?
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Just curiosity, long ago when pcquest gave out their own distro. Back then things were more difficult.
I did not switch, just started using it with dual boot and eventually with time ( years i suppose) i started preferring linux/kde. Probably vista helped too.
I still dual boot with win 10 ltsc for games and linux for everything else ( and some gaming too)
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Switched some years ago. Now work life is so much better. Better automation, better UI and UX, no ads and bloatwares, easy secure backups.
I am using Fedora (switched from Ubuntu).
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Not fully switced yet, but security would be one of the major reasons
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I’ll make a counter argument about pain point(s) why even though I’ve been running linux for many years now, I sadly still have been daily driving Windows over the years instead of switching to linux full-time because Windows is the least unstable option so far - like the “lesser evil” option.
The mainstream linux distros are probably stable enough to daily drive like Ubuntu or Fedora etc but I don’t use them, I prefer ubuntu-based distros like KDE Neon and elementary OS which more often than not have some issues or the other that make me nervous to run them on daily basis.
Examples - even though personally and for office purposes there is nothing preventing me from running linux - there are no apps/services that are Windows-only - even ones like Zoom, Slack, Google ecosystem etc - my choice of distros sometimes hit issues like rare crashes or other glitches.
Although, things are improving - meaning Windows is getting more and more annoying with every update - adware, nagware, anti-consumer behaviour - so I’m looking forward to the day when that red line is crossed and I’ll eventually be able to make the easy choice to switch.
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i find windows irritating for a lot of reasons. Thought of switching for long time but currently cant do it. Thinking of 1 solid reason to change.
I am still indoors and love fresh air and open Windows to feel the breeze. I want to jump out that Window and reach the cloud and fly away.
But then we realise now we have turn the AC and the Windows are closed and we are imprisoned in that space.
Jokes apart, Windows & iOS are used in office and really we have become accustomed to that lot and moving to Linux is still a dream.
Back then I used to collect every CD/DVD from Canonical and regulary use Ubuntu only for browsing and the likes but after moving on in life I am still chained to Windows.
The pain point is time spent away from office. I spend most of my time slaving away at work and rest is mostly sleep. Meddling with Linux once again is a dream kept afloat.
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I have been running Linux for over 2 decades on at least one of my machines( arch on mini PC, zorin on laptop). Usually the old hardware which is getting outdated gets put on Linux.
I have my mother on Linux for 6 years where i basically gave her my old zenbook pro after upgrading my own laptop.
Was using Zorin OS & it worked beautifully on old ageing hardware. That was the main pull. It still feels very snappy on 6700HQ zenbook pro which is almost 9 years old now..
When i had all AMD parts recently, i tried switching to Bazzite to see how games perform on Linux. Previous attempts on Nvidia were were not encouraging for the games i played. Sadly there is still 15-20% delta to windows even on all AMD build.
Rest of my workflow can switch easily to Linux as the apps I use have Linux versions. CPU performance is in fact higher on Linux. But gaming still sucks. Too many issues & headaches & unsolvable overheads stops me from switching entirely.
Basically if you have anything that’s older than zen 2 or 12th gen Intel & you don’t game much. Just switch already. Zorin if you want familiar interface to windows. It works so much better. But if you play games. Linux still sucks.
Some editors i work with who use Resolve instead of Adobe suites have switched to Linux for their workstations on my recommendations & they are all happy. The export times are actually lower on Linux by noticeable margins.
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i am waiting for steam to do something with their OS. Currently dont have the time to switch but will sure in few months.
I choose Linux for my plex server for stability purpose and to get rid of annoying windows update and random restarts.
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Today morning I shifted to Bazzite due to Windows 11 not working properly.
I play games not everyday but occassionally so I think Bazzite might do the gaming work for me.
Since Secure Boot can’t be enabled I can’t play competitive games anymore.
I will stick with single player games and mostly I play RPGs.
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Thinking of the same having font issues with win 11 ,my first time on win 11 today and not impressed at all.
Too much time wasted on windows and i am okay with saccing games to work on linux as i like mac os as well and most apps exist in linux.
Windows 11 took ages to download from the update option.
I like snappy things and things should look good though the cyberpunk etc was working great.
Have been running Linux since late 90s (first install was a Slackware that came with the book).
My main reason for using Linux is the terminal (I am an old school programmer, C, perl, shell etcm, learnt programming on mainframes).
The beauty of early linux was its simplicity. The behavior was very similar to what we had read in OS textbooks. All config files were plain text that I could understand. If I broke something, I would mount the drive on another machine and edit the config files.
Haven’t bothered looking under the hood for a long time. Things are probably a lot more complicated. But I continue to use it for personal work since windows doesn’t offer much extra for me.
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The main reason is cost: Windows licenses require payment, whereas there are numerous Linux distributions that are open-source and completely free
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can you just what exactly do you mean instead of telling me watch a 20 min video which i will watch but yeah.
Are you not happy with ai ?
Yep @dpandey I started out with Slackware too (from CDs that came with tech magazines) during my college days back in the mid 90s - on a first-gen Pentium PC no less!
BTW @Shripad linux is not just for old hardware of course 
works great on latest stuff too if sometimes not on the very latest hardware. Actually while a distro itself might run smoothly on older hardware, the moment you start an app like a modern browser or similar everything crawls again.
I intentionally go for all-AMD specs so I can run the latest kit with the latest linux releases.
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is amd supporting linux?
Yes. Did some benchmarking with the editor of a wedding photographer last year. The amount of CPU and compute performance windows left on table was surprisingly noticeable. We did resolve side by side 3 hour video export and the Arch distro they were running was few minutes faster. Enough to make a difference for their workflow. This was on new AMD hardware. And hence I started recommending it to more people. Sadly, most of the industry is either all in on Mac or all in on Windows and the Adobe suite.
On my Personal daily driver work PC which doubles up as my sim rig, Linux is not an option. I tried, simply too much performance hit in games and odd glitches often when games update.
My Zen 4 mini PC is indeed on Arch (made switch last year) and working fine for what I use it for.
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I have been trying to move for long time… used Linux for casual browsing and exploring different distros. but can’t move completely as most of the programs I use professionally are not available for Linux.