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The best thing about Windows is that if there is something you want to do, either there is a detailed guide online for the specific issue or someone went a step further and created a simple tool to accomplish that task. Windows is stable/reliable/accessible.
To run Linux it would need to be just as easy to install, be as compatible with games as Windows, and not have to involve deep dives into Linux user forums to accomplish basic stuff.
With the main intention of Linux, outside of just not supporting Apple or Microsoft, is to be able to customize your OS experience. I donβt have time/patience/desire to do that. I want my computer to be there ready to open a game launcher and launch that game without issue. That is true about Windows 99.8% of the time, I have not had that same experience with Linux.
My experience is the opposite. Whenever I run into a weird problem on Windows, half of the time I can't find an answer anywhere. And when I find an answer, it often seems really sketchy, like deleting a specific registry key, without explaining WHY it is required.
I also had some problems, where I couldn't find anything with Linux, but less so than on Windows.
I guess it depends a lot on what you do, I don't play a lot of games and don't need any Software that's supported only by Windows.
ArchWiki is my first point of contact after experiencing an issue. Its an amazing resource.
I'm surprised Windows default troubleshooting solution has been to employee people who spend their time answering questions on forums, often just copy/pasting answers which often don't apply to the question being asked.
It's not stable (servers run on linux) it's not reliable (autoupdates) it's not accessible (closed source)