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In what year are you in? macOS and Windows both have App Stores. Windows has the built-in
winget
package manager, similar toapt
that has open contributions on github and all the software in the world.I use both Linux and Windows actively and macOS from time to time. Linux works really well it's free and I love it and it is definitely great if your workflow is all browser-based and/or you don't have to collaborate on a very specific industry with very proprietary tools as default that everyone expect to be used. If you're in such industries and people expect to share complex MS Word, Excel, Adobe, Autodek etc. files then Linux isn't for you, you'll be in more compatibility pain than anyone should be in.
The default built-in GUI Microsoft Store absolutely positively sucks. The winget package manager is also not meant for the regular people.
And is apt meant for “regular people”, hint: it isn’t.
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