I switched to Linux Mint on my personal computer because I wasn’t happy with Windows 11 on my work computer. But honestly, after having time to consider the big picture, I think what I disliked the most was being arbitrarily forced into OS updates which didn’t really seem to benefit me at all. And which would eventually lead to the software-based obsolescence of my hardware.
After I’d installed Mint, I was browsing for new desktop themes. I noticed that some of them were up to seven years old, and they still worked just fine, were compatible, and felt modern. And that’s exactly what I want: if I don’t feel like changing my desktop theme for seven or ten years, I will be infinitely more able to do that with Linux than with Windows. I have other things to worry about than keeping up with whatever Microsoft or the computer hardware manufacturers are expecting me to do.
I switched to Linux Mint on my personal computer because I wasn’t happy with Windows 11 on my work computer. But honestly, after having time to consider the big picture, I think what I disliked the most was being arbitrarily forced into OS updates which didn’t really seem to benefit me at all. And which would eventually lead to the software-based obsolescence of my hardware.
After I’d installed Mint, I was browsing for new desktop themes. I noticed that some of them were up to seven years old, and they still worked just fine, were compatible, and felt modern. And that’s exactly what I want: if I don’t feel like changing my desktop theme for seven or ten years, I will be infinitely more able to do that with Linux than with Windows. I have other things to worry about than keeping up with whatever Microsoft or the computer hardware manufacturers are expecting me to do.
It’s kinda glorious to think about, tbh.