The biggest hurdle by far is that you need to compile the software you want to use from source more often that is acceptable for the average user.

I’ve been using Linux as my main OS since 2007 and not had to do that once.

Linux is way too fragmented and trying to get up and running with basic apps requires way too much technical skill.

> open app store

> search

> install any flatpak you like

If anything Windows is the complicated one in this regard.

This is part of why these days I just stick to flatpaks. No fragmentation, same on any distro, I know where all the programs are going as well as all their config files.

If I want to back up my flatpaks I can do so trivially.

It’s a godsend. Way better than having a bunch of different formats everywhere, or the windows-style some programs installed in XYZ directory, some in program files, some in program files (x86), with config files saved literally anywhere. Maybe it’s in one of the dozens of poorly laid out appdata folders, maybe it’s where the exe is, maybe it’s in documents, maybe it’s in C:, maybe it’s hidden in my user directory, etc. I’ve even seen config files saved to bloody onedrive by default, leading to some funky app behaviour when I wasn’t connected to the internet, or when I ran out of onedrive space.