Like if Microsoft released their own Linux OS, would it be good suddenly?

It’s worth noting that steamOS, like any Linux distro has its issues and a bit of a learning curve. Especially if you want to go off the beaten track, it’s pretty much just using a stock arch distro.

As for if MS switched to Linux, no it wouldn’t be good because the issues with Win11 overwhelmingly aren’t a matter of incompetence or anything inherent to the code, but of conscious anti-consumer business decisions. There’s nothing about Linux that would actively stop MS from cramming telemetry, bloat, etc. In their distro.

Debian and learn to use the nix package manager for your bleeding edge stuff

Dual booting is a nightmare, you’ll need a specially modified kernel, and getting the pen to work right can be tricky.

Once you’ve finally got the kinks worked out it’s pretty cool, but that might take longer than you’d like.

I was using a surface pro 7, for what it’s worth.

I’ve seen even shorter limits. Still annoying.

Perhaps I should have added that I use arch myself. All meant in good humor, and I’m sorry if I offended!

I don’t think it’s the distro. Arch users are just always angry about everything whether it works or not.