The Final Daily Driver Desktop OS I end With

My story of whirlwind operation system switching across Windows, MacOS, and Linux in one week

After several days of attempting to switch my primary operating system from Windows 11 to an alternative, I experimented with Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, MacOS (Silicon chip), and Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon. Ultimately, I settled on Windows 10. Despite its seemingly outdated interface, Windows 10 resolved all the issues I had encountered previously. For the foreseeable future, I plan to continue using it.

The following reasons, which may also be applicable to you, could save you some time if you find yourself in a similar situation.

Why did I want to move away from Windows 11?

Over the past year, I’ve been using Windows 11 on a high-performance machine equipped with an Intel I9–13900k processor, 64GB DDR5 memory, and an NVidia RTX 4090 graphics card. Initially, the system performed well, with one exception — it wouldn’t enter a complete power-off sleep state. Despite selecting the “sleep” option, the machine’s fans continued to spin. I tried updating GPU drivers and implementing other potential solutions, but nothing resolved the issue. Consequently, I had to resort to using the hibernate function daily. Given the…