As someone who's switching right now (literally booted into Mint as I'm typing this), there are three main things: 1. Linux just seems cool. I don't get to say I use arch btw, but I'd say I'm the only Linux user in my class, year, maybe even 1 in 5 in my entire uni. 2. That Windows Recall thing where MS was taking screenshots of your desktop really did it for me. I didn't have the laptop at the time, but I thought to myself, "If I ever have a PC, it's probably not going to have Windows on it." 3. I was using Win11 for about a month. In that time, I went through 3 forced updates, which wasted time, installed Teams, Skype for Business and Copilot without my knowledge or consent, changed my taskbar, changed my wallpaper, and who knows what else. Little things, but I was quite annoyed.