I've got one machine and a VM on Windows 11, but I use Windows 10 on my primary gaming laptop and work laptop. People always ask me why I'm still on Windows 10. Obviously there's nothing I can do about the enterprise version installed on my work laptop, so let's just focus on the gaming one. It's got an i7-11800H, RTX 3080, 64GB of RAM, and a Samsung 990 PRO nvme drive. When I bought it, it came installed with Windows 11. Even with the proclaimed performance enhancements of Windows 11, this laptop seemed quite slow for the specs it was sporting. I decided to revert back to Windows 10 and all of a sudden we're flying. I've tried on one other occasion to upgrade with Windows 11, but the performance just does not match up. I don't understand the problem, but it's the primary reason for keeping me on the platform. The other reasons for staying on Windows 10 are: no ads, less telemetry (although I disable this with Windows de-bloater and O&O shut-up anyway), and more intuitive interface. I hate having to customize the shit out of Windows 11 to get the experience that was out of the box on Windows 10; things like start menu placement, context menu behavior, taskbar settings, notifications, etc.
I wish I could switch over to Linux, I truly do, but it's still not ready. I recently tried out Linux Mint and immediately ran into an issue with my mouse wheel + back/forward buttons not working. Off to search for the solution and the level of effort to get it working right seemed in line with operations tasks I have to deal with at my FAANG job. I don't have the time, energy, nor patience for this bullshit just to get my mouse working properly. Imagine the hoops I'll have to jump through for all my games to work right. Also when I raise grievances like this with the Linux crowd, I either get the "try this distro" (which has its own problems) or some snarky answer. So yeah, we're not there yet.
I wish I could switch over to Linux, I truly do, but it's still not ready. I recently tried out Linux Mint and immediately ran into an issue with my mouse wheel + back/forward buttons not working. Off to search for the solution and the level of effort to get it working right seemed in line with operations tasks I have to deal with at my FAANG job. I don't have the time, energy, nor patience for this bullshit just to get my mouse working properly. Imagine the hoops I'll have to jump through for all my games to work right. Also when I raise grievances like this with the Linux crowd, I either get the "try this distro" (which has its own problems) or some snarky answer. So yeah, we're not there yet.