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I wouldn't call it Stockholm syndrome. The problem is that even a single application that's critical to your workflow can keep you from switching, even if everything else is much better.
I've switched to Linux on my laptop about 6 months ago and the overall experience is pretty good. A few annoyances that I can't seem to fix but overall pleasant. But there are still some things that keep me from doing the same on my main workstation:
All those problems can be solved with enough patience but to be honest, I'm in my late 30s and free time is getting rare so I'd rather spend it on something that brings me joy or on learning something entirely new instead of relearning an existing skill.
And no, this not a criticism against Linux or its community. I'm just trying to give an insight into how small problems can make the switch incredibly hard, even for someone who has a degree in computer science, has worked with Linux machines for about 20 years now and would love nothing more than to leave Windows behind.
Real talk now, I know there are use-cases where Windows is mandatory unfortunately. Video editing and civil engineering/architecture are two good examples.
Maybe switching to Mac is an option, but whether that's any better is debatable.
However, most people I know that suffer from these issues are in neither field of work and aren't necessarily even hardcore gamers. Yet they don't even want to try anything else.
I've also had some difficulties fully switching to Linux a decade ago, but nothing that couldn't be solved or I couldn't abstain from (e.g. modern games, back in the day).
All it takes is the will not to be bullied by a corporation at home every day.
Completely agree with your comment about "hitting a wall at running speed" . I switched my music production PC to Linux in a fit of pique at Microsoft. I have used Linux/unix for 25 years at this point, but this move and the resulting technical hurdles took my output to 0% and it hasn't recovered in a couple of months.
I don't want to switch back but I also really miss my hobby and main creative outlet
I've been dualbooting linux for a while now and my biggest problems have been:
Multi monitor support. It was a pain to get all 3 monitors running at proper refresh rate and there is nothing to replace LittleBigMouse that I'm using on windows
Hardware monitoring and cpu/gpu/system fan control. The sensors whatever package cant detect any sensors on my system and I had to resort to bios for cpu/system fan control. Still have no idea how to set fan curves and overclocking on my gpu either
Games. I've had to tinker or give up on half the games I've tried and I don't even play pvp games with anticheats. Problems have been ranging from poor fps and/or input lag to broken alt tab behaviour to straight up refusing to run at all
Still 90% of the time I boot up linux instead of windows but I don't see a more casual user putting up with all of this
Excel.
Business LIVE by Excel. They have processes that automatically output and input via excel.
Users spin up spreadsheets with tables, every day, for quick analysis of large datasets. Open Office devs refuse to ever implement tables.
There's no way an extant business can switch to even Open Office, let alone Linux, and realize an actual cost savings in a reasonable time frame.
Now, we can implement new back end/middle systems using Linux as appropriate.