Back in the days, everybody was complaining:
"But you have to *know* so much stuff to get a computer to run, and using the software is so difficult."
But back then, under DOS/Win3.x or OS/2/Win-OS/2, *you* set up your computer, by installing and configuring the operating system, the drivers, and the application. If you then just *worked* with the system, it *never* changed and *never* broke.
Windows 95 interweaved DOS and "Windows 4.0", which was just stupid because stuff started clashing. That's why I switched to Windows NT4. Yes, it was difficult to handle, but same as before, if you set it up, it never broke, and service packs only fixed problems. Same for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7. Never had a problem, except for the occasional third party driver or application.
Skipped Windows 8.x. Hate its GUI.
Then went to Windows 10, but the only thing I see is that MS is removing customization features, and that the system has become as slippery as an eel, as it's constantly morphing from this into that, the GUI changes, options move, disappear, or get added, and on top of it, it's as venomous as a snake as well. If you don't go in and disable a lot of stuff, it backstabs you by sending data around the world and then *show you ads... in your fracking operating system*.
As I've been saying, Linux looks enticing, but it still has the same problems after 15 years...
- X.org is old. Very old.
- I will still require Windows for some software/games; no viable alternatives exist.
- New hardware takes AGES to get supported properly. (Yes, I know. 'My 20 year old scanner works under Linux, but not Windows. And my Pentium III runs fine as well!' However, I don't use 20 year old hardware.)
- Every distro is different. Stuff that works on X, might not work on Y. Configurations can be different.
- A lot of information on the internet is outdated. What was true in 2012, might not be true today.