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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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You can tell them all the pros and cons about it, but in all 38 years of my life, I've only had one person enthusiastically wanted to try something new on their PC, a fellow class mate from back in highschool. People legitimately don't like new things when they think what they already use is perfectly fine.
Ironically this reasoning is exactly why I ended up switching to Linux when Windows 8.0 came out. I hated the new start menu so much and the Linux distro of my choice had a very similar one to Windows 7.
I tried getting used to that tile UI on windows. Doesn't feel natural at all. I gave the new KDE a try after using gnome exclusively, I really like it, the many options out there is the selling point. I think Stardock(?) used to offer different UI options on windows, but it felt very broken.