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I understand your double-take at the title I chose for this post, for anyone that's used Linux for a non-trivial amount of time, it's generally understood, especially with the recent iterations of Linux distributions, that installs and setup are faster than Windows install & setups. And tech-savvy veterans know that installs used to require a lot more user participation, particularly in setting up the hard drive. I personally haven't had issues with hardware, every instance of Linux I've installed seamlessly recognizes my older AMD video brick (lol). In spite of the ease they've engineered into Linux, I still find myself having to troubleshoot, or in some cases just reloading the OS after a system upgrade fail. I still don't consider myself to be a Linux Pro, but, I am pretty self-sufficient. I have come a long way since I stumbled through my first solo Linux install.

Linux can closely approximate W98, But, unlike windoze, Linux is very configurable, you essentially have a Swiss Army knife that you can configure to your taste & needs.

What Linux are you using 😂 only the lightweight desktop environments still look like that and they are designed to run on computers 20+ years old.

In all honesty, Being a newcomer to linux, I would say, not to install this on your current primary PC. Instead try to find a used pc/laptop and start with Linux Mint. It's where I started. With a cheapish (but not ancient) secondary computer, you can use your main Windoze PC to guide you through the install. Because you're new, I don't want you to Gank-up your main PC, and be stuck...

No. Maybe. Probably not.

"What is the downside of using it"

"THE" implies only one.

Lets start with needing to swallow a 300 page manual to use basic functions
Then go to not being compatible with literally anything that is in any common usage (buhbuhbuh muh open offices is cumpatibul!) - yeah it might be 'compatible' but it rapes the eyes and when you open the 'compatible' document in a 'compatible' software suite, its a solid fucking block of text that has completely ignored ALL of the formatting options you used, including font, size, and text colour (let alone fucking indentation etc) AKA less functional than a notepad and pencil.
Having to completely recompile your system from scratch.... just to change the screen resolution, or make sound work.
Deciding you want to install a piece of software, taking 10 minutes before you realised the install broke, another 10 minutes to find out WHY it broke, then another hour finding the missing dependant software packages..... then having to go through exactly the same fucking shit because the dependancies have dependancies which you also need to install.... oh and then it being broken because some faggot who is a 'pro linux guy' in his spare time hasnt updated something for a decade thats critical for a dependancy of a dependancy of a dependancy of a dependancy.... please email him at [email protected] (no shit that was the hands down funniest fucking email contact for a linux package ever, get back to your job faggot, pretty sure the government wouldnt be happy with your use of their resources, im not and im just a taxpayer).

"buh buh muh security.... muh viruses!" no more or less secure than anything else, no more or less viruses and bugs, just that fucking microscopic a market share that no one gives a shit - and there aint nothing you can infect a windows pc with that isnt stopped by... not being a fucking moron, that you automatically dont get on linux.

tl;dr zero benefit other than some kind of misguided flex.

Wanna do useful stuff? By a windows PC. Wanna be able to play games without fucking about? By a console. Want to do BOTH of those on the same machine? Dont fucking install linux.

the only downside of linux, which is REAL, is that things will just break occasionally and you'll have to do some reading to figure out how to fix it. There are linux options where this won't happen but you have to get the right one for your hardware if that is your goal. Ultimately Linux is for people who know and/or are willing to learn a little bit about how their computer works. It also has a large contingent of glorified audiophiles who enjoy fucking with obscure driver settings more than they actually do anything on their computer. It is best to ignore them.

If you play fortnight or 1 or 2 other games that the developers hard banned Linux for then no. Personally I've not come across a game I couldn't play for years now.

If you are over 20sh years old and never used linux, then don't even think about it. Your lifestyle doesn't involve curiosity and learning.

I will say this this distribution feels pretty solid, now, it's still new to me, For me, personally, it looks like a keeper. Go to your favorite check out some videos on it...

the "best" linux distro will primarily come down to the hardware you are using. Unlike MacOS - where the hardware is always the same or Windows where all hardware has official support, Linux has more varied hardware support. Hardware that is bundled with linux will be extremely well supported and stable if that is your main interest.

Using Windows is retarded and Mac OS is gayer with each release. Linux is the patrician choice. Keep in mind also that pretty much anyone running a Linux desktop has at least one other computer, which is helpful. I have a Macbook in addition to a linux desktop for example.

The UI is configurable, I don't know what your Linux experience is, ALMA Linux 9.5 comes with Gnome desktop, dark mode by default... Depending on your experience, it's it's quite configurable.

Word of caution, the binary is too big to burn to a DVD, You'll have to use VENTOY or similar.

like a windows XP beta usually. unless things have drastically improved.

There are a number of projects that I've had on my To-Do list. If this works well, I'll certainly use it as my daily driver. I'll also use it for some Virtualization, and I may stand up another Video Server (Kodi, Jellyfin, or OSMC) I've been wanting to stick some Video security cameras around my property, Build my own Proxy servers, most my own mail server.

So yeah, I've got some plans for this OS...