"First, though, why you might want to get the hell away from Windows while the going is good. Besides the usual security crap - 41 zero-day CVEs so far in 2025 at the time of writing - there have been new features such as Microsoft Recall, a privacy disaster disguised as a feature. Then there's the way Microsoft is forcing AI functions down our throats."
"I want the power in my PC, not in the cloud. I also want to control what does and doesn't get sent to the cloud. I'm looking at you, OneDrive, with your obnoxious habit of being the default for saving files. I also like my old, but not yet ancient, PCs to keep working. Just because I still have PCs with Intel's eighth, ninth, and tenth-gen Core chips under the hood shouldn't mean Windows 11 won't run on them - but here we are."
Linux desktop ecosystems have proliferated, with more than a dozen significant interfaces including GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, and MATE. Many desktop environments risk being forgotten just as early Unix desktops were. Windows increasingly raises privacy and security concerns, including numerous zero-day CVEs, Microsoft Recall, and forced AI features like Copilot. OneDrive defaults and cloud-first design erode local control. Older PCs face artificial obsolescence as Windows compatibility drops despite capable Intel 8th–10th-gen hardware. Linux adoption has climbed to around 11 percent of the desktop market, partly driven by these issues and by Chromebook market share.
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