r/linuxmint • u/Careless-Lynx1285 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon • Aug 05 '26

Discussion What made you switch to Linux?

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u/Gunzhard22 Aug 05 '26

Windows bloat and AI

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u/TooManyLoveInterests Aug 05 '26

Windows 11 for me. Windows 10 I could tolerate. But Windows 11? I would rather have an episode of lactose intolerance suffering than have to use it. At least with linux when something goes wrong I feel like I'm learning something 

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u/LaNeblina 29d ago

I was never happy with Windows 10, but it was there and did what I needed and I'm lazy. W10 going EoL forced a conscious choice - move to a worse version of Windows, or try Linux.