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Windows 11 because I now have hardware that's completely incompatible with Linux
It would take years for MS to catch up to the hw covered by linux, some of it not even released in a market.
If you are talking about specific MS licensed hw with unpublished non-open non-free-firmware that MS orders to cut off other OSs then I can see this being true.
If you are falling for the Nvidia trap, I feel sorry for you.
@Dezvous @tet
I'm specifically referring to my sim racing gear. Its drivers and accompanying software are not supported by Linux and have no plans to ever be supported by Linux.