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I've been running Linux exclusively on my laptop for about 5 years.
I went from Manjaro, to EndeavourOS, then to Arch - using KDE, Xfce, Gnome, and eventually landing on hyprland.
There was a few games that I played that were exclusive to Windows, so I kept Win10 on my desktop PC and kept tweaking it to match my Linux setup.
But once I was done with those games and the Win10 EOL approaching, I was reminded of that Omni-Man meme, "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power". My system had so many registry edits and applications/integrations just to imitate Linux, why not just go for the real deal?