2 Months ago i decided to quit Windows 11 cold turkey. Started with PopOS - didnt like whatever DE i had, so i just switched entirely over to Kubuntu - where i had a ton of permission issues. Finally landed on EndeavorOS using KDE Plasma and WOW. Everything simply works. I've been on it for 6 weeks now and I absolutely love it.
Lots of options out there, and my reasons for moving around could have been solved other ways, but I'm happy where i landed. Everything is customized exactly the way i like it (for now) and it all runs smooth as lubed butter.
The community has been great, and with the advent of AI, almost any problem i have is easily fixed (though there haven't been many).
EDIT - i realized i didn't say anything about gaming but between heroic, steam, and wine, everything just WORKS! Only 1 problem i have is I cant get voice to work in Rocket League, because the Epic terms wont open. I can live with that!
EDIT 2 - I run this with an NVIDIA 4070 Ti Super and an Intel i7 12700k
Nice! It feels so good when it works, like there's actually hope of escaping windows. Now I'm past hoping and just enjoying it.
For sure! I thought I was just going to be boned because of the GPU issues I had because 'lol buy a different GPU' just isn't practical and the end of service life for Win10 is coming up in a few months and I was really not looking forward to moving to 11.
Honestly I'm not even 'enjoying' the OS, it's gotten to the point for me where it's just the way things are now, it's kind of become just a fact about my world. There are a couple things I miss from Windows (reliable Phone Link being the primary one, I hate typing on my phone keyboard and KDE Connect SMS/Pushbullet/etc don't always get SMS updates and such, but also something like Stardock Fences), but mostly it just works.