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Originally Posted by DNSB
I've used Windows 11 since the Insider Previews. So far I've found 2 or 3 programs that would not run under Windows 11 that did run under Windows 10's last release. None of that group were a "mainstream" program. In contrast, almost every Linux distribution upgrade has broken multiple programs including calibre when prerequisites for calibre have been dropped from the included programs. And yes, my VM collections lives on the bleeding edge. That's what snapshots are made for since I run a couple of physical machines with multiple virtual machines.
I do tend to find the whole Windows vs. MacOSX vs. Linux vs. BSD vs. whatever discussions to be more humourous than anything else.
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I've seen some horror stories about Windows 11, but I have no personal experience with it (and never will) so I'll let it drop.
As for Linux, yes, if you're using the cutting edge distributions you're probably going to have issues. This has more to do with backward engineering of drivers than anything else. When I set up a laptop that comes with a Broadcom WiFi card (for example), I get on eBay and buy an Intel one (usually less than $5 for the age of computers I use). Intel shares their specs with the open community, Broadcom doesn't -- so Linux drivers just work with Intel WiFi cards. Broadcom, you never know. But I also use stable Linux distributions rather than "cutting edge" ones. I don't see the advantage of being on the "edge."