Done, running mint now. Switch was easy, machine performance improved without that bullshit telemetry running.

I mean, it's not really fighting back. There's nothing to win. You're just ending a toxic relationship and getting your PC and digital wellbeing back to how things used to be.

KDE plasma has gotten really good with 6.5

I get why Microsoft wants everyone to be in one OS for code maintenance issues. The problem is that Microsoft has hit a wall in getting Windows to be a revenue generator and is including privacy breaking features like Copilot without a way to disable or not use it.

I think a lot of people wouldn't be complaining about the upgrade if Windows 11 wasn't dog shit.

I haven't run Linux for probably 20 years until last week when I replaced my windows 10 with Tumbleweed. It's definitely better than I remember for driver compatibility but it's still not good enough for a general windows replacement.

Videos don't play without hiccups, sometimes my keyboard and mouse don't work when the PC wakes up and I needed to install Mint in distrobox to get some software working.

Also people have been trained to troubleshoot by clicking and Linux still mostly demands troubleshooting via the terminal and that's a deal breaker for many people.

Using Linux for 30 years already, for servers, notebooks, and desktops. For gaming I still have Windows 10 though. Testing gaming on Linux now, looks promising. MSFS with VR is still a challenge though.

Using Bazzite for the gaming machine and Ubuntu for my laptop. Last windows machine in the house goes away as soon as I get to rebuilding the wifes laptop. Recently discovered Tails for a no traceable footprint tor. Browser bootable os for privacy.