But for real? Linux is actually so great. I'm running a shitty old PC as a media server and learning Linux as I go. It's so light and nimble compared to a Windows machine. For anyone considering Linux, I highly recommend trying it out even if it's just for funsies.
I don't care much about what other people are comfortable in using, but please don't expect tech support from me. Every time I have to use Windows I get frustrated at how it forcibly feeds me stuff I don't want. Although I admit that sometimes I joke to people to switch to Linux when they get frustrated with Windows as well, but that's about it.
And also, some popular memes about Linux are probably just that, memes. Don't take it too seriously.
The force feeding of news and shit is fucking enraging! Why on earth did they start pushing that, and why is it so hard to turn off? Why do they turn it back on at every opportunity? I have a Surface Pro that I use for digital painting. I'll be happily just painting along when I misclick the system notification area and all of the sudden "Trump! Trump! Trump! Outrage! Doom! Gloom! Global catastrophe!" gets shoved in my face. I'll open a fucking browser if I want to see the news. Ugh! Fuck off! That's honestly a huge part of the reason I finally switched to Linux as my primary OS.
And also, some popular memes about Linux are probably just that, memes. Don't take it too seriously.
Try going to a Linux community and telling them for what reason you wouldn't use Linux in a specific case or to whom you wouldn't recommend Linux. You'll quickly see a lot of responses that aren't just memes.
Linux Mint is pretty good, it has a Windows 7 kind of feel to it. Fedora is also nice, it great for tablet, also with touch. Both work pretty well and consistently out of the box.
Also, do you like a "bottom up" or "top down" approach? Grabbing a raspberry pi and setting up a headless (no monitor) home server is a great bottom up way of getting familiar with things --- learn to configure various services and whatnot from the command line. Or, just start with a user-friendly distro with a GUI you like, and gradually work your way up to looking under the hood.
I wouldn't say it is "Year of the linux desktop!" But I do think eventually it will take up much more of the market of OS use. Maybe years and years away.
Linux has come a very long way. I found it is actually easier in many ways to Mac and Windows, more complicated in others.
For general use, and even gaming, it's actually in a really good state for general users right now.
The amount of time I've wasted trying to fix dumb issues in Linux, usually to do with some kind of file missing or dependency not being available but unable to be installed is infuriating. I always end up just trashing the install and starting again. I'm a systems engineer and I hate troubleshooting Linux issues. Great for servers, shitty for something you're fucking with on a day to day basis like a desktop os. Also bash sucks ass.
Difference is, meat eaters don't complain about eating meat. Whereas Windows users constantly complain about privacy issues, ads and forced updates that break things. As for apple users,....lots to complain about, but due to Stockholm Syndrome they don't.