Well, printers are completely insane bullshit carriers on Windows that take over your life if you let them. Linux don't support them, it just makes them work.

WiFi works perfectly fine. Bluetooth works perfectly fine on Linux, while on Windows there is that bullshit of "this microphone isn't compatible with this application" and similar stuff.

DRM protected stuff is quite a generic thing to say. The only thing "DRM protected stuff" has in common is that it's all shit. Did you mean Netflix? Stuff like that runs on Linux just fine.

There are some issues with GPUs from manufacturers that actively destroy their compatibility. You would have to get one that doesn't actively work against you, and yes, those aren't many. On the other hand, you should do the same on Windows.

About the forklift firmware... There's about as much chance random specialized software works only on Windows as it has of working only on DOS, or only on Linux, or only on QNX.

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I don't know what window you been sticking your head out of, but bring it back in and put your seatbelt back on because the Linux train is not going to stop for your ass.

The Windows desktop was good many moons ago, sadly today it’s just a useless mess.

FTFY. KDE has more features, is more customizable, and has better performance than Windows. Personal preference is one thing, but you're just wrong here.

Printers, NVIDIA GPUs, latest Intel CPUs, WiFi, Bluetooth, DRM protected stuff, etc.

Printers!?!?! When was the last time you tried to connect a printer to a Linux machine? They all work out of the box with zero config needed, no matter what distro you're using. The same can't be said about Windows, where you need to hunt for drivers to install and keep an eye out for that sneaky Mcafee checkbox. Printers are a solved problem everywhere except Windows.

Nvidia GPUs work fine. Again, I don't know what paint you've been snorting. My current workstation has a 4090 in it, but before that I had a 1080->980->970. I went full time Linux with the 980, and never had any problems. I think you're confusing the complaints; the complaints about Nvidia are that their driver is not open source. The drivers do work though, and they perform much better on Linux than on Windows (ask anyone doing compute heavy work, like AI, simulation, rendering). Nvidia's recent trillion dollar valuation has little to do with PC gaming (Windows or not).

Wifi and Bluetooth work fine. That's a myth perpetuated online by crack heads. If you can't get wifi and bluetooth working on your machine, that's on you.

Idk about the latest intel chips, but I do have a 7th gen Ryzen in my workstation, and it all works perfectly. Even if the latest intel chip doesn't work today, of course it will be fixed. Linux is a primary platform for Intel and AMD both. Choosing Windows because of that is like preordering a digital game (aka pointless and dumb).

Apps ranging from Photoshop to Fusion 360, from TI and Evolv...

I understand your point of view. You're used to a shitty operating system, and don't have experience with one hyper optimized for virtualization like Linux. Even if you don't have the technical skills to run software through Wine, or with an easy wrapper, there are many GUIs you can use to run Windows in a VM, with GPU passthrough and everything.