Everytime Microsoft blunders, which is a lot and it is reported, it never fails that there will be numerous individuals proclaiming their switch to Linux. But I always feel like a lot of it is just simply clout, a pat-on-the-back feeling for deciding against the masses kind of feel.
And it always makes me beg to really see how those kind of people fare if they actually did switch and use Linux on a daily basis.
I’ll take anyone seriously if they actually switch and sometimes actually talk to me about how their Linux experience is going. Because more times than not, I always assume it’s some dual-boot user who could sneak their way back to Windows time to time and barely use Linux.
And I’ll see the statistics of the OS marketshare budge…slightly, for Linux. I’m proud that Linux at all that it is gaining more usage than it has before than where it had been 15+ years ago and earlier.
I use Linux because it works for me, does what I want (and doesn’t do what I don’t want) most of the time. For me, it works much nicer than Windows or MacOs.
What works for you, is your thing. I don’t care. That is I’m happy for you if you got an OS that works for you, and if it doesn’t, I’ll be happy to help if I can, but if you want to stay with Windows that’s fine with me. Linux has its own problems, which are different from Windows. Depending on your needs, I can understand why one would choose one over the other, for both choises.
Personally I don’t like people who give unasked opinions regarding which OS I should use. (Unasked being key there).
Does it bother me if people shout about that they are changing to Linux while they don’t? Not at all. Does it bother me if people shout that I should change to Linux? Yes.