@sun @VD15 @hfaust It surprisingly okay under most conditions.

The last time I used Windows was in 2000, but I had to install Windows for a proprietary application (basically and rsync client that downloads files from the vendor's server and updates an SD card) a month ago.

The worst issue that I encountered was that the proprietary application crashed on start with a JavaScript traceback. But what actually happened was that used the so-called "VC++ runtime" (I gather it's something like Microsoft proprietary STL). Microsoft do not bundle that stuff, possibly anymore, possibly with Win11 Home, or possibly because the app wanted a 32-bit library and I installed a 64-bit Win11. Either way, I went to Microsoft website, downloaded the VC++ redistributable runtime installer (.exe of course lol), and everything was fine since then. BTW, the cue was that the JS traceback contained either c_open or dlopen, and I thought "huuuh, interesting, I wonder if a DLL is missing".

Windows seems one of those things that as long as it works, it works, but if it breaks, it's completely opaque and the only recourse is to buy a new computer. Kind of like Android, just more hassle and the computer is larger.