By skyforbes As I said, I was already a full-time Linux user. I run Arch Linux on both my servers and they've been working amazingly well for the last 3 years, so it was my preferred choice when choosing which Linux to use. For GUI, first I went with i3 (created all the workspaces and stuff), and lately I have been trying out KDE just because I can. Regardless of the desktop environment / window manager I use, Linux has been rock solid and stable on this system. Most of my games (I only play single-player story based ones) run at-least 10% better on Linux than they ever did on Windows, that too UNDER EMULATION!! Lastly, I'd like to mention that, as crazy as that sounds, the battery life has actually been a lot better on Linux. I simply used TLP to configure platform profile and CPU governors and stuff, and that was enough. So, my verdict is that Linux is not only an excellent choice on older computers, it's also a good choice on new performant hardware.
TL:DR; Got a new ThinkPad E14 Gen 6 last year (Intel Core Ultra 5 125H, 32 GB RAM, 1TB nVME SSD). Tried Windows 11 on it, and the experience sucked. Wierd graphical glitches, desktop crashing, explorer crashing, etc. Had to reboot atleast once every 2 weeks. Switched to Arch Linux, and experience was so so much better. No more lags, no crashes. Just pure performance and stability. Also, battery life on Linux >> Windows (who would've thought?!)