Never put a router without open source firmware on the open Internet. It's that simple. The right tool for the job. (OTOH I advice against using Linux as your daily driver on any modern laptop. Once again, the right tool for the job and that's Windows + WSL.)
Hard pass. Not interested in Microsoft's latest malware/adware of an OS.
I've been running Linux on laptops for nearly 20 years now. Sure, it was a pain in the ass in the earlier days, but nowadays things just work, as long as you're willing to do your research ahead of time to choose a laptop where the hardware is fully supported.
You're biased. Win 11 doesn't have third-party ads of any kind, unlike iOS's app store, for example. It was always news, videos etc. Recommended content.
Moreover, ubuntu famously had an Amazon button on the home page, yet no is going around touting "Linux is riddled with adware".
If you want to argue that preinstalled links to 3rd party websites, prominently displayed in the Start menu, do not count as "ads", then you are acting in bad faith and your arguments can be dismissed.
A bundled link to external properties is an advertisement.
A wild strawman appears! But seriously, it isn't 3rd party ads that GP was complaining about.
That said, if the OS is aggressively pushing recommendations for their first party news, videos, and search engine, and every one of those things shows 3rd party ads, I don't think that single step removed absolves win 11.
I looks like Ubuntu was created just in order to be able to dismiss Linux as "riddled with adware". It's just a single distribution out of a hundred, and far from the best, so it's completely wrong of course.
If you want high performance from your Linux code, and to use large amounts of memory, Linux on the metal is much better. Thinkpads have great compatibility in my experience.
