QuaffPotions
Windows never breaks? Uhhhhh, that's definitely not true. When I have to use Windows, I brace myself every time I have to update.
I remember some years ago there was a "malware" going around that would flash OpenWRT onto people's routers, and set them to have more secure default settings.
There should be another thing like that, but one that upgrades Windows into a Linux distro.
Or I could just continue using the perfectly serviceable shell I've got, because realistically it's more likely to outlast the rest of the device anyway, and I'm still producing less plastic waste by abstaining from getting something I know I don't need.
Also yeah yeah Steam Deck shells. Sorry I don't want to waste one whole perfectly functional plastic shell just to buy even more future plastic pollution because it's slightly cooler looking.
Retro Handhelds are helping to bring it back.
As a basic end-user I have not been too happy with my experience with flatpaks. I do appreciate that I can easily setup and start using it regardless of what distro I'm using. But based on standard usage using whatever default gui "app store" frontends that usually come with distros, it tends to be significantly slower than apt, for instance, and there seems to be connection problems to the repos pretty often as well.