It's definitely more frustrating. I've had a similar experience trying to help people with their Windows PCs. Thankfully I've managed to convince a few to switch to Linux Mint.
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There are exactly 2 things keeping me from switching to Linux full time.
Microsoft Office (I am aware of open/LibreOffice and the web version, but all are still lacking some feature or another)
Parsec hosting (I started doing weekly remote movie nights over the pandemic and parsec is basically the perfect drop-in solution for that)
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Builds New PC -> Can't even start Steam
Somehow I don't think the problem is Windows.
Using windows 11 is your first mistake, its ab uneven number windows, everyone knows the uneven number ones are bad. Or was it the even number ones? I dunno, windows 10 is better than 11 either way.
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Hehe, installed both nobara and windows on my brothers pc. Nobara installed without issues, immediately usable with wifi. Windows didn't recognize drives at first, had to reflash the iso, i assume that was an iso issue not necessarily windows but you never know. Then, 0 internet, no wifi drivers :) Hotspot with phone and cable in order to make the pc have basic functionality, the true windows experience.
I love Nobara and will keep using it for my Linux needs but you must have got a borked .iso cause I've built windows machines for all of my friends from scratch and never once had an issue like that.
Easy of use and general look and feel have always been less than ideal on windows. The real advantage of windows over Linux is hardware support. And don't say it all just works, because it does not.
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Being unable to delete OneDrive is reason enough to drop Windows imo.