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@MJBrune @d3Xt3r Overall I understand your opinion and based on your needs Windows is probably the best solution.
I do however, disagree with the statement about the Linux community. Firstly, if a device doesnt work "out of the box", the manufacturer is able to provide a driver for their device, or submit the driver directly to the kernal via a merge request so that the "out of the box" scenario does work.
When that hasn't happened the community WILL help you, this help is NOT a "flaw"!
No the flaw is in the narrative that it works just as well as windows. I've used Linux as a desktop for almost a decade before giving it to Windows. It has never been as easy to use as windows and likely won't get there. There are a huge number of reasons why but the biggest one is that the community doesn't point out flaws in the operating system. When people do it's met with that it works well enough if you jump through hoops and walk backwards and pray. It's not working well enough for lots of people and it's time to acknowledge that so we can fix it. Not push away the problems.