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...
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...