Raymond - I do understand people like Linux, but it also means so many really good apps are sort of banned from the club? Mac OS and Windows let you have access to amazing stuff I could not do without!
As the song said... I second that emotion!
I've got Linux on one machine and rarely use it. There are just too many programs that I use on Windows that aren't on Linux.
I have Open Office (actually I use LibreOffice) on both types of machines, plus Reaper. Firefox is on both. But there's no equivalent program to the Tascam control program, my Cyberlink Director software isn't on Linux. My tax software isn't available for Linux, nor is the Quicken that I've used for about 15 or 20 years. The DVD ripper/encoder programs I like are Windows only. There are a few games that I still play in my spare time, but they are Windows as well.
I replaced my aging email / finance / etc machine with a current Win 11 machine and it seems to be running ok. I've converted two out of spec machines to Win 11 (one being my main DAW machine). My laptop, which is capable of running 11 is still Win 10, but I'll probably convert it to 11 within a month.
There are a lot of things that annoy me about Win 11 but I've adapted, or found ways around them. Their menu system is an irritant, but I can always try OpenShell to convert to a Win 10 style start menu. My Epson scan program broke on WIn 11 but I still have my WIn XP machine that works (I use that for scanning old film from my parents, aunts and uncles that I've inherited). Epson scan doesnt work with Linux either so I keep one old machine working with XP and my old WIn10 Dell is sitting on the floor in the basement if I need it.
My brother is firmly entrenched in Linux, but he keeps a Win machine so that he can do his taxes and run a few other program that aren't available. Last year he grabbed a very basic Acer laptop with Win 11 to handle those tasks. He doesn't do quite the same things that I do, so Linux works great for him about 95% of the time. For me Linux is good for maybe 30 or 40% of my time. At that level, I'll just stick with Windows.