Windows 8 to Windows 10, and Windows 10 to Windows 11 didn't have the exact same workflows either. That's a big part of the reason many people that had compatible hardware didn't upgrade to 11 when given the chance. I think we need to stop trying to cater to expectations of things working exactly the same and instead educate on "things are going to change, but you can be in control of how they change".

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 1 points 20 hours ago

Windows 8 to Windows 10 didn't. Which is why Windows 8 was quickly swept under the rug and Windows 9 was named Windows 8.1 to try to make people forget that ever happened.

10 to 11 are reskins of each other as far as the UX is concerned. Behind the scenes there are some hardware and software compatibility quirks, but at the user level it's perhaps the least eventful Windows transition ever.

I know people complain about the enshittification in 11, but a lot of people leave out that many of the controversial features got patched into 10 as well.

I agree with the idea that selling that everything can be the same on Linux is not a great plan, but Linux advocates often focus on the wrong things to keep and change. They are often very focused on having a similar looking desktop, which nobody cares too much about, and really dismissive about software not having Linux ports, which is a catastrophic issue.