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W11 works fine for me. I'll update to 12 if there are no major issues with it. Same thing I've done with every Windows update. Like it or not, Windows still wins in software compatibility, and that saves me the most amount of time.
I bet you'd be surprised at what saves you the most time. Sure, short term sticking with what you know may be faster, but I switched to KDE Neon the other day and it's great.
One thing I didn't consider that's an amazing QoL feature is updates to software, including the OS, are all handled mostly in one place. I can view all updates and install them all with one button press. With Windows you need to launch the application (assuming it's set up to check for updates, if not you have to check manually), wait for it to check online for updates, go to the web page to download the installer, run installer, relaunch the application. It sucks. Theres many other features Linux just handles more elegantly than Window's pile of shit software. Windows functions but it isn't good or fast.
No reservations about paying for the subscription if they opt to require it for Windows 12? Or would that be one of the major issues?
That would be a big problem. I would not pay a subscription. But I'm also not buying into the hype saying that it's going to have a sub. That was based on a "leaked" email that wasn't even clear about what they were talking about.
Even apple hasn't gone to a subscription based model yet. I highly doubt Microsoft is gonna be like "yeah that'd be a great idea."
The last time I heard about something going subscription based was with Bungie and Destiny 2 from a "leak," which was just bollocks.
I'm sure they'd know that going that route would result in a lot more problems.