What's your main Operating System?

[DiffydaDude]

I felt done with Windows when they added Copilot to my computer. Then I heard about Recall, and I made the switch the next day (since I have some extra free time.)

Turns out everything I want to do on Windows I can do just fine on Linux. Even play my silly old games. I run a distribution called Zorin OS.

note: for anyone who doesnt wanna use copilot, winaero tweaker allows you to completely disable it
just a note lol

[ctrl-shift-esc]

I main Windows 7  To me it's the last great Windows OS, where Windows was still focused on being a good desktop operating system first and foremost. And the Aero UI is gorgeous  Plus I have everything already set up and installed perfectly on my machine, it would be a massive pain and a timesink to reinstall and reconfigure absolutely everything from the ground up again after years upon years of getting everything working just right and the way I like it.

All the risky stuff like online banking and sketchy website browsing I do on my other PC running Debian. I also have a couple other PCs running Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 for various purposes. But Win 7 is just the best 

None of my PCs meet the official system requirements for Windows 11, and with all the stuff I read about it, it's not like I'm exactly enthusiastic about running it anyway    For general computing purposes I'll migrate to open source operating systems when needed and then for gaming and music production I will keep my machines running Win7 and Win10 till the foreseeable future, possibly as offline-only machines.

[cinnamuff]

I'm currently using Windows 10 on desktop, but I would love to switch to Linux Mint completely if I can get Clip Studio Paint working on it! I tested out Mint on an old laptop of mine and it works wonders, even most programs I use on desktop work with it! For now I just have to stick with Win10 until a solution for emulating Clip and other art & animation programs comes up.

[splashy]

i'm currently using Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021. it's quite nice. basically windows 10 21H2 with less crapware preinstalled. it also gets updates until 2032 so i'll be able to stay secure with it for a good while ;)
i do have plans to eventually switch to some Linux distro. probably arch w/ a the Wayfire compositor.

[JINSBEK]

I'm currently using Windows 10 on desktop, but I would love to switch to Linux Mint completely if I can get Clip Studio Paint working on it! I tested out Mint on an old laptop of mine and it works wonders, even most programs I use on desktop work with it! For now I just have to stick with Win10 until a solution for emulating Clip and other art & animation programs comes up.

Yep, this is the big thing for me. I really liked Mint, but more than half of my crap can't work on ANY Linux distro, it'd be artistic suicide for me if I couldn't make art or music anymore. If the Linux userbase would rally and fund development of Linux support for my art programs (or make equivalent ones) then I'd consider, but artists like me seem to be a less-than-zero priority for Linux devs and the community as a whole.

My Wacom MobileStudio Pro came with Windows 11 pre-installed. It's heavily modded to not be crap, with Stardock's suite and privacy.sexy scripts (they also offer scripts for Mac and Linux). I miss Windows XP and Windows 7, but I'm OK with what I have now.

[candycanearter07]

I personally use Debian, i really like the linux ecosystem stuff and have gotten used to most of the quirks it has.

[becrel]

welllll it's complicated
The laptop I've used for a long time runs linux mint with i3, but then for christmas I got a thinkpad T480 I decided to use for shenanigans(tm)
The first OS I installed on it was freebsd and I am still using it, and this box is slowly becoming my main computer so there's a good chance I'll find myself daily driving a bsd soon
so far it's been treating me well, I haven't had trouble with drivers yet and some of the features look interesting (zfs my beloved)

[warlock]

I'm currently on Pop!_OS, I was on Debian until last week (lol) after it grenaded my install and subsequently refused to work correctly after a reinstall. I've been on some variant of Linux as my main desktop OS for about a year and a half, and I've been dabbling with Linux since 2014.

Work dictates that I use Windows primarily, which means that I spend 40 hours a week using its interface. Maybe it's just familiarity, but I've grown to absolutely hate how it looks and works - it's crazy just how much time I have to spend fighting against it to get work done.

I have a MacBook as my laptop, as well as an old eMac on my desk for writing, which allows me to run the gamut of MacOS's development. I even have an old Power Mac G3 with MacOS 9!! The interface on OS9 is honestly one of my favorites, I find its simplicity really appealing and easy to work with.

I've also recently set up a $10 Savers laptop with Windows 7, which I'm hoping to bring with me on an international trip to write on. It has no internet or games or apps beyond MS Word 2007 (the best looking Word, fight me) and file explorer. I'm hoping this will mean I have little to no distractions while I'm writing, which is a constant plague that I'm fighting a losing war against.

So... I guess the answer is "Yes," lol :P

[jensen]

When I think of desktops/laptops and the internet in general, my mind goes to Windows. Obviously, because it's just what I'm used to. We had the home PC under the stairs running Windows XP, and then we had laptops running 7. My first desktop was Windows 8, and since then I've used Windows 10 and 11.

Whilst I use Windows 11 currently out of convenience, I do have a constant feeling of dread. I love the idea of running some form of linux. I've dabbled in it before, before COVID I was running a dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux Mint, until I got a new computer and ditched the idea. I put Linux Mint on both mine and my girlfriends laptops to speed them up, and it's been a treat. But I just can't bring myself to actually commit to Linux on my desktop. I think I love the idea of it a lot more than I love it itself.

I always tell myself "once my life is stable I'll put in time to try Linux for a longer period" but obviously life isn't stable.

Side note: at my last job we had 2 guys in the company run Linux, and one was the guy who sat next to me. Oh boy, he sure tried his hardest to convert me, and it almost worked.

[Gizmo]

I'm super basic and just use Windows 10. I used to be on Windows 7, but eventually the security and compatibility issues became too much of a hassle and I switched over in mid-2024.

[Skykristal]

I mainly use Windows 11. I also installed Linux mint on the same laptop but tbf I close to never use it for several reasons. I love how fast and lightweight Linux is in comparison though.

[Pixelverse48]

I have a Windows 11 but I used Retrobar and Openshell and changed the system sounds to make it feel more like a Windows Vista.

I also have an iMac that used to run macOS 10.14 Mojave but it runs macOS 13.4 Ventura Now.

[BlazingCobaltX]

Fighting for my life against mandatory updates with Windows 10 on both my PCs. I'm a bit more comfortable with running a custom OS on my phone, on which I am currently running LineageOS 22.1. I guess it feels less catastrophic if my experimenting goes wrong on a phone?

[Azure1444]

Windows 10 with most of microsoft/third-party software removed, I am thinking about dualbooting SteamOS since I use my pc for gaming for the most part, turn it into my main OS and keep windows on a small partition to use for work and study stuff

[nobo]

I've been using only Linux for years now. It's just what I like better and after being extremely immersed in it for a long time you stop reaching for what you started with. It's the opposite for me. If I'm on Windows I'm reaching for Linux.

I don't completely hate windows. I enjoy powershell and for a work computer, I don't have any problem with it. But at home I would rather use something that is mine.

Also ever since I started using a Steam Deck as my main gaming device, even that is Linux!

My web servers are linux. Everything is Linux.