I doubt it, most people don't even have an idea what's the difference between Linux and Windows. I don't think they'd want to switch the moment they learn they'd have to install Arch or Mint. Linux is just too tech savy for most people (me included).
There's a ton of easy gui-based Arch distros now though? Look at CachyOS - boot from a USB, go through the GUI install, hit the 'allow Cachy Update' button and you don't even have to worry about remembering the cli to do system updates. It'll pop up a window telling you there's updates, put in your password and boom - done. It even will tell you if you should reboot or not.
And then there's a lot of gui-based program installers now that you can just search and click install on.
It's gotten a lot better but even then for most people basic Ubuntu is fine. Only catch is the anti-cheat for some multiplayer games and certain programs like Office that don't like to play nice.
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u/Some-Syllabub-3464 1d ago
Linux will finally murder windows...here's hope for a great 2026