My work laptop is Mac, which isn't much better when it comes to bloated MS shit, but that's more the corporate world. If Linux would get on board with supporting corporate overlords spying on every minute of every day, we'd have shitty Linux desktop distros at work, too.

It's just that, for what most of us want to do on our computers all day, Microsoft doesn't offer anything. I can browse, I can run my home, stream movies, play games, and tinker with software all arguably better on Linux. Driver support being the only really spotty thing, but OS getting better at an incredible rate. And if I really fucking hated something, I give myself fair odds of being able to make myself a fix for it.

I remember when I first started playing with Linux, must've been around Windows 8? 7? I was like this would be great if I had nostalgia for Windows 3.1 and fumbling around learning DOS (or technically AmigaOS in my case) for the first time, but I wanted stuff to just work better and look better.

But Linux has caught up in every way except corporate bloat, and I love it for every day use. I have an SSD with my old windows installation laying around gathering dust. Thought I'd need it for emergencies. Haven't had an emergency it would help with — ever.