9 months later

I'm team penguin. Reasons include freedom, paranoia, and being disgustingly contrarian.
The fact I really like how linux/gnu/Arch/whatever operates, is a very happy coincidence.
I'm not smart enough to understand all the drama going on in the proprietary world. Put very simply, I don't like giving stuff to people with more money than me for software I don't even like.
Also, by nature, FOSS is pretty punk. :-)

..ignore the millions big tech dudes have funneled into FOSS

Pixophir I've poked and prodded Arch for almost 4 years now and did funny stuff with other distros for a while too. I still to this day on 5 different machines, have never seen a kernel panic.

Friends BSOD like every day though. I like holding it over their heads along with the system update thing when I get bullied for not playing more PC games.

    a month later

    It's great to hear you've had a positive experience with Arch and other Linux distributions. It's always satisfying to have a stable and reliable system that doesn't give you any trouble. As for your friends who are experiencing BSODs, that can certainly be frustrating. While Windows is a popular operating system, it's not without its issues. If they want to upgrade to a newer version of Windows, you might suggest looking into cheap windows 10 keys.

      BSOD is the worst. I am very curious about Mac ATM, as you can imitate Linux with Windows, but it sounds incredibly difficult even using a VM for Mac. What makes it so different?

      SteveRamnan Oh yeah, since they're using Windows BECAUSE they need a stable operating system. I'm just using a Windows machine to play a couple games on and even that's a nightmare compared to the .2 seconds it takes to start developing on this laptop. It's not a fair comparison at all, though. I think I'm towards the bottom of Microsoft's target demographic, and I like system administration as a hobby.
      I'm the type of psycho who thinks bash is "quirky" and "fun" rather than, and I'm quoting a dude I know, "a four decade long disaster that just keeps on giving (me depression)".

        I initially switched to Linux for privacy, but ended up liking it better. The UI just seems simpler (at least on Ubuntu GNOME) and not cluttered like Windows with unnecessary buttons.

        Windows is constantly taking a big portion of my bandwidth with constant upgrades which keep making my computer slower and slower. At some point I'll have to do another reset. There was a time a few years ago when it was taking about 8 minutes to boot up. I know it's getting close now.

          fire7side Windows is constantly taking a big portion of my bandwidth with constant upgrades which keep making my computer slower and slower.

          Relocate to Russia — Win doesn't update here. At all.

              I like Linux but I don't use it much for various reasons. I'm generally too weary to discuss finer points of OS strengths and weaknesses.
              Let it just be known that I do have a dual boot on my home machine with Mint as an alternative. I rarely boot it but plan to make a permanent switch in the case of WW3 or Windows turning into a full blown nag-ware.

              Tomcat I guess that's one way of doing it. Think I'll stay here, though. Doing a reset isn't too bad.

                10 days later

                Up to around Christmas 2014 I used Windows exclusively, and then I went onto a Chrome OS Desktop both here and at the Flat.

                Chrome OS does have its uses, but last year I started using Linux Penguin which is considerably more user friendly and a LOT more stuff works, such as Godot and Steam for gaming.

                I also use Ubuntu 22.04 here, and that's even better than Linux Penguin, especially since I can now use Steam with NO problems.

                You think there's a collective list of all the machines confirmed to run certain distros flawlessly? I'm sure you've heard "works on my machine" at least once if you've ever used a linux.

                  The last few Ubuntu released have been a little more rough than usually. No big issues, but just some small UI bugs. However the current release 23.04 seems stable. Haven't had much crashing or issues like that, performance seems good on the desktop, they updated to the new GNOME. It's nice.