I use it to post my art, and since some of my art is Furry related (SFW), and a bunch of Furry artists are fleeing to Bluesky, and I hate Instagram...
I decided Bluesky as my one place to post art things. Btw, it seems that the Furry community is largely in Trans solidarity, so that's nice. I'm still using a VPN however.
The only thing that may be an issue is highly specific software, and games. Over the past year, whenever I start new stuff, I always get a Linux-compatible program/workflow, so it's gradually becoming a non-issue. Overwatch and Beat Saber are the only things tying me to Windows now.
Why wait? Buy a cheap ass laptop and have it as a Linux machine.
Ubuntu is nice. I had mint on my desktop, but I just like Ubuntu way better. I find Ubuntu to be the Windows of Linux, without all of the spyware/malware shit. It's the most popular, it's kept up to date, and it works out of the box.
I'm typing this on Ubuntu from a Windows Surface Laptop Go. This little ultrabook is hella cursed and it just... worked. Ironically, the 5 minutes I used windows 11 on this thing were chugging like hell. This is an Ubuntu only device now.
Reading your experience through my personal lens:
This sounds like an emotional would. People don't close up and shut down unless they've been deeply hurt. I'm just starting to heal from my neglectful childhood, and I experience much of the same. It's hard to feel, it's hard to sit still (because that's when the bad feelings return, also ADHD), and it's nigh impossible to let people in.
Thank you for opening up in this thread, seriously. Thank you for being a little bit vulnerable.
I can't say if you're neurodivergent, or have "just" gone through some shit. I can say that neurodivergent people are often the target of abuse and neglect.
Oh, the Surface Laptop Go's are like Macbook Air clones, really nice.