My experience with Linux in 2026

I'll start by asking the fanboys not to get angry. What I'm about to describe is simply what I went through trying to return to Linux after many years.

Not being an expert, but having "basic/intermediate" computer skills, I decided to give it another chance for the simple reason that Windows is getting worse and worse in terms of performance, and I don't plan on buying a completely new computer for Windows 11 because they're just pawns of planned obsolescence.

Well, basically, I installed Mint with the hope that everything would work fine (the last time I used Linux was around 2012, I think), but I encountered the same problems, bugs, errors, and incompatibilities as the last time I used it. And I'm completely frustrated to find that in 2026, with so many years gone by and the "supposed" improvements that have been implemented, the same errors still exist. To give an example, I spent five days trying to install Nvidia's proprietary drivers. I couldn't get it working and I couldn't restore the open-source drivers (the screen was stuck at 800x600 and I couldn't fix it). The same thing happened with many applications; even installing them from the Software Manager, many wouldn't start or I had to configure external settings or install separate dependencies that were supposedly installed through the Manager, or they would simply launch and then close. I also noticed that it ran much slower than Windows. In short, I found myself with the same operating system as years ago with a simple "improvement" to the graphical interface, but nothing more. The same problems persist, and it's frustrating because they were supposed to have already improved that, but clearly they hadn't. Something always goes wrong, whether I'm using the terminal or the graphical interface. Honestly, I was disappointed and went back to Windows because I don't want to be getting angry or wasting hours just to install a program or some drivers. That shouldn't happen in an operating system released to the public. That's my humble opinion. I just needed to express my frustration; I hope you don't take it the wrong way. Thank you for the space and sorry for my bad English, I used a translator to help me.