Unless you've already got an Nvidia GPU, in which case you might encounter repeating pains.
Thanks to Nvidia's Linux driver, my desktop environment breaks and hangs when it comes back from sleep, and every few days my screen starts flashing black until I reboot. I've been told the trigger may be the combination of DisplayPort and AdaptiveSync.
I think nerds like us are more likely to experiment and make occasional drastic changes to our computing setup. And in my case I grew up during a time when there was a lot of change in the desktop OS landscape, so sticking with one OS from my childhood to adulthood wasn’t really possible (otherwise I’d still be on Microsoft BASIC and OS-9).
Familiarity and “just-workitude” really are by far the most important factors for people picking OSs, and these days it’s possible to stick with one platform for decades.
Any source for this? I grown on Atari, DOS and Windows. Most kids today are on mobile or consoles.
Linux does not need advertising, it is by far the best option from point of hardware selection, development, gaming and ease of use.