I feel like, modern extensions of the Microsoft command line excluded, I use Linux for one thing and windows for another. I've yet to have a windowing environment that simply works like windows does in Linux. The same is true for my experience in the terminal but visa versa. Different tools for different jobs. But, it's 2021 not 1999. Maybe times were different then.
To me, Linux is closer to "Windows" than Windows 10 are. Using Xubuntu, I have desktop, panel, shortcuts,... Everything WinNT and WinXP (best Windows versions imho) had, and best of all, once I configure it it stays the same. Windows 10 is a joke - installing widgets automatically and tracking users by default is not acceptable in my book, especially for something I paid for.
And then there is shell. Win10 has made big progress here (by using Linux subsystem), but it is still only half useable. For example, I really miss "select to copy & middle click to paste" support.
Really? You can select some text in a browser and paste it to a shell with a right click? This is something that must be supported on OS level to be useful.
Linux Mint is that "windowing environment that simply works" for me. I've been putting it on my dads computer for about 10 years now (he is turning 66 now) and it was always working very well with minimum support. Definitely much better than Windows with its reboot for each update nightmare.
