Welcome @Tanithgaunt
Thanks for adding another perspective.
You are not wrong when you say that. Although, I’m not new to Windows, I’ve been using Windows desktop even before Linux. The experience was not “bad” with Windows, and thus why I was able to use it for a year. It’s just the subtle things; CPU usage (ram, I knew what to expect), maintenance/updates, complexity of tweaking and fine-tuning, etc. vs. Linux that made me switch back.
Remember also that this is 1 of 3 articles. I didn’t rehash or restate much of the first two articles.
Lastly, I’m addicted to tiling window managers and their keyboard-centric flow (instead of mouse). I have stated in previous articles that it dominates my decision making process since I cannot go back to using a non-tiling desktop. So even with Linux distros, I still customize to use i3-like tiling.
In any case, you’re not wrong that whatever OS I use now, I want it to be keyboard-centric rather than mouse-centric. But another way to look at it is, that 10 years ago, I would not have survived a year on Windows. So being able to bend Windows 10 and 11 in this way is a positive in my view, not a negative.
Also, Windows has become very customizable and open-source friendly/compatible. Tiling WMs, for example, have at least 3 to 5 solid solutions to accomplish this and many other tweaks, including using tools like Windows PowerToys.
@GC67 If you have the disk space, dual boot is the way to go, especially if there are performance concerns.