Honestly, YES. Almost every linux user I have come across has been like "Linux has been the best and most stable experience I have ever had" and then turn around and debug some obscure issue without batting an eye.
I do believe that most people are just so desensitized to "generic issues" that they don't even bat an eye anymore and straight up don't see them as issues.
I do believe linux is an extremely buggy experience regardless of what DE or distro you use. It just so happens that said bugs are often really easy to deal with if you have experience.
☝️But this is also true on Windows. There's no AIO plug&play OS ! That's what arcade and consoles are made for.
You want to customize your windows? Tweak some graphical knobs? Install some plugins? New driver? New hardware? Do some more advanced stuff with powershell?
This all implies some user interaction ! Debugging a Windows issue is not that uncommon but most people just format or restore from a backup image (because it's easier... Less time consuming...).
It's just that people got used to how consoles/Windows/MacOS work and are hand held like they are babies not capable of maintaining their own system.
Don't get me wrong, Linux IS harder to maintain than any other OS, but it also gives you back the opportunity to take control over your system/hardware/personal life !
I disagree that this is the same on windows, I think for the vast majority of users, windows is less buggy. At the very least, it's a lot more streamlined and when you do find an issue, the info you find is far more likely to be 1:1 on how to apply said info.
I would argue that most people don't want to tweak graphics or install plugins. Drivers are easy, you download a thing from a website, double click it, reboot and it's there. On linux you need to hope there is a dkms and hope the driver hasn't been removed from kernel. Windows is a far more streamlined and easier experience for the vast majority of issue. The problem with windows is it's increasingly fragile nature where some users simply can't get a working install. My mother does not like using linux, I constantly need to fix bugs for her, or install some weird app she needs for crocheting in wine.
I have had her try so many distros, Nobara, Ubuntu, Fedora, preinstalled arch, mint zorin etc. Not a single one of them after months of her using them have been remotely comparable in user experience then windows has for her. The only reason she doesn't use windows is because whenever we install the driver for her CNC cutter (which is absolutely required for her) it bricks her system.
I have supported companies, libraries, and individuals and this is a consistent experience regardless of linux distro (barring chromeOS, they do some good work there) across literally hundreds of users that eventually get funneled down to me.
It's not that linux is getting so much better that is causing people to swap, its that linux is getting so much worse.
This is why I have high hopes for cosmic/popOS, They do seem to be trying to focus on making sure issues like these do get solved. I am not ready to move my mom to it yet, but soon...
Honestly, YES. Almost every linux user I have come across has been like "Linux has been the best and most stable experience I have ever had" and then turn around and debug some obscure issue without batting an eye.
I do believe that most people are just so desensitized to "generic issues" that they don't even bat an eye anymore and straight up don't see them as issues.
I do believe linux is an extremely buggy experience regardless of what DE or distro you use. It just so happens that said bugs are often really easy to deal with if you have experience.
☝️But this is also true on Windows. There's no AIO plug&play OS ! That's what arcade and consoles are made for.
You want to customize your windows? Tweak some graphical knobs? Install some plugins? New driver? New hardware? Do some more advanced stuff with powershell?
This all implies some user interaction ! Debugging a Windows issue is not that uncommon but most people just format or restore from a backup image (because it's easier... Less time consuming...).
It's just that people got used to how consoles/Windows/MacOS work and are hand held like they are babies not capable of maintaining their own system.
Don't get me wrong, Linux IS harder to maintain than any other OS, but it also gives you back the opportunity to take control over your system/hardware/personal life !
I disagree that this is the same on windows, I think for the vast majority of users, windows is less buggy. At the very least, it's a lot more streamlined and when you do find an issue, the info you find is far more likely to be 1:1 on how to apply said info.
I would argue that most people don't want to tweak graphics or install plugins. Drivers are easy, you download a thing from a website, double click it, reboot and it's there. On linux you need to hope there is a dkms and hope the driver hasn't been removed from kernel. Windows is a far more streamlined and easier experience for the vast majority of issue. The problem with windows is it's increasingly fragile nature where some users simply can't get a working install. My mother does not like using linux, I constantly need to fix bugs for her, or install some weird app she needs for crocheting in wine.
I have had her try so many distros, Nobara, Ubuntu, Fedora, preinstalled arch, mint zorin etc. Not a single one of them after months of her using them have been remotely comparable in user experience then windows has for her. The only reason she doesn't use windows is because whenever we install the driver for her CNC cutter (which is absolutely required for her) it bricks her system.
I have supported companies, libraries, and individuals and this is a consistent experience regardless of linux distro (barring chromeOS, they do some good work there) across literally hundreds of users that eventually get funneled down to me.
It's not that linux is getting so much better that is causing people to swap, its that linux is getting so much worse.
This is why I have high hopes for cosmic/popOS, They do seem to be trying to focus on making sure issues like these do get solved. I am not ready to move my mom to it yet, but soon...