dtoxic I will never understand why people rush to install a unfinished OS and deal with all the problems. Tomorrow That's your first mistake. You have tied yourself to an MS ecosystem. The best way to smoothly transition to Linux is to start using programs and services that are OS agnostic or have both Windows and Linux support. That way it's much easier to eventually, make the switch. There is little reason to use desktop outlook these days. Most things can be done in a browser. As for Forza: www.protondb.com/search?q=Forza Microsoft also broke it on year-old 24H2.25H2 is really just 24H2 underneath the hood, Microsoft has admitted it in one of their blogs.As we all know Microsoft is perfectly capable in breaking a stable and mature operating system because they don't give a rat's arse about software QA.You can game on Linux on a subset of titles.Linux is not useful for many multi-player titles because those games use kernel-level anticheat tools.Your first mistake is assuming this person's casual short list of usage cases are their ONLY tasks. That makes zero sense.It's easy to cherry pick through someone's list and say "Linux has support for this". It's naïve to assume that Forza is this person's only game they play.Linux will remain a niche OS for the general public. There's more chance of Linux adoption in enterprise/education/public sector where there's a more defined set of usage cases and the IT staff determine that Linux is a viable solution based on what their users need to accomplish on the job. Note that despite this, the Munich City Government failed in their quixotic attempt to replace Windows with Linux.It's also important to point out that standalone mail clients have fewer security vulnerabilities because they AREN'T web browsers. Web browsers are convenient because you aren't forced to install a separate program and programmers like them because they are less platform dependent (shared common code).From a security standpoint, your web browser is the most dangerous piece of software on your computer, smartphone, smart TV, etc. It's no surprise that some people have derisively referred to web browsers as "poison" for over three decades. Yes, you can replace desktop mail with a web browser but with more security risks. There is nothing new about this, webmail's security vulnerabilities were recognized when these services gained more popularity in the late Nineties (pre-Microsoft HoTMaiL, WebTV, Yahoo Mail, etc.).It is irresponsible recommending web mail over a standalone mail client. And as web security issues become increasingly more serious, in the future it will be even more important to distance certain tasks from web browsers. Many financial institutions often strongly advise users to quit their web browsers after logging out of the site; that's not necessary for standalone smartphone apps.