If you're having to use the terminal for anything other than your own work (actually even then it should be optional, but I find it easier to run make/gcc/etc. directly vs using an IDE) everyday something has also gone wrong, so I think it's a fair comparison.

If you are never having to faff about with registry, then you are either lucky or using a different OS.

I include installing a fresh copy of Windows to resolve the inevitable corrosion that Windows has over time.

> I include installing a fresh copy of Windows to resolve the inevitable corrosion that Windows has over time.

Remember that one from the past and countless times I had to do this for others because Windows would become a mess.

Nowadays I just upgrade old Linux distros running for 5+ years because of security concerns or out of boredom. Magically still running same as fresh install

One of my favorite things about NixOS is that this problem is permanently solved.