Pretzel time
Out of the gate this articles author can't help but twist himself into a pretzel, an extreme O/S limbo contest.
Within the first full paragraph the author shows his lack of hands-on knowledge of Windows 11, going straight for the AI Recall feature. A feature requiring the Snapdragon AI neural processor, which a very small percentage of systems having it or users that own them. Then to compound his problem he states; "Today, anyone smart enough to use Windows, a very low bar indeed, can use desktop Linux.", in a stroke crushing Linux users down to the "very low bar indeed" of Windows users. Who's side is this guy on?
Justifying this he moves on to comparing Windows 11 to "that stinker" Vista with the insistence of sticking with the nearly 16 year old Windows 7 O/S, which will reach it's 16th year the week after Windows 10 is retired on Oct 14, 2025. Even moving to Linux he wants the look of Windows 7, the outdated functions and compatibility of Windows 7 in Linux. Clearly stating that Linux will run "on pretty much anything", later describing the cream of Linux hardware as "scrapheap PCs". Leading up to this he pushes gaming on Linux, gaming on the premium Linux rigs with 2 -4 GB of RAM, 20 - 100 GB of storage (hard drive) space at the eye popping resolution of 1024 x 768 of his "scrapheap PCs". Even with the low memory foot print of Linux, there are few games that will run respectably on those hardware specs. In the authors defense here, he does suggest moving to a gaming console (Playstation) for serious gaming, but it does not lessen his hurt on Linux.
Before this the article criticizes the security of Windows, with the monthly security updates, requiring a TPM and of course waving off the need of antivirus software on Linux. There are currently 6,692 distinct vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, version 6.13 has 228 vulnerabilities for the rc4 update, generating 60 new CVEs per week. With Linux wide spread deployment on servers alone, it would seem security would be of some concern. It is shown that a majority of Linux administrators and users do not install additional security after the initial install, scoffing at even the need for a TPM. Recommending the use of 20 year old PCs to run Linux, as if time has stood still. Reminds me of the NASA mentality of the O-rings and foam strikes. Their "it never hurt us before" mentality that costing 14 astronauts their lives. Linux DOES run critical systems in, banking, Government, Military and infrastructure, so lives are at stake with it's security, despite their casual attitude and arrogance in the default security of Linux.
Seems to me that the author only managed to crush and twist Linux to the "very low bar indeed" of Windows, his words. While trying painfully to boast the virtues of Linux in comparison. FAIL!!