Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account

All these user hostile behavior finally tipped me over the edge last year after I started to get Windows 10 EOL popups. No way I was going to "upgrade" to a ad/spyware/subscription ridden MS marketing platform and be constantly nagged at to try out more of their services.

Moved to a Fedora Desktop, liberating to move back to an conflict-free OS whose primary focus is to serve its users, imagine that.

Windows is a launcher for games, there is no other use for this system (correction: it still runs some specialized professional software that is too expensive to port). And now, even most of the games work on Linux too.

I have lots of windows (mainly music) software that I need, let alone outright purchased, and isn't available on Linux.

I was looking to move to Linux for my gaming PC, just about pulled the plug when Respawn decided that all cheaters in Apex Legends were supposedly using Linux and decided to block Linux users from playing...

It is usually available on Macs. Of course, there is still some specialized software for Windows, e.g. many CADs. But all these things are now marginal. If you are a software engineer and use Windows for your work, you are now a minority.

I've been running the Xfce spin of Fedora for the last year, and it is the most stable OS I have since forever.

For the few programs that really need Windows, I use Qemu/KVM with Virt-Manager and Samba for sharing files.

I wish to keep using this setup, I just hope buying hardware with good Linux support in the future does not become too difficult. I fear moving away from x86 will make things harder.

I got into music production again recently. To my surprise most recommended new software is either Linux native or properly ported. See reaper for example.

Many years ago music on Linux was hard, and years behind. Software was limited and the audio driver situation was a mess. But now you get professional software directly in the package manager and choose between several very reliable sound systems and even use the far majority of VST Plugins.

Judging by the price of Qualcomm laptops x86 isn't going away any time soon.

I've been using Xubuntu for years now,and run Windows 10 in a VM for the few things I need on there that I dont' have a linux replacement for (or cared to hack together). I'm about 99% linux and macos now, and don't miss windows at all.