I did the whole work work work thing, and the only reward i got was more work and more responsibility. There may be some time where the responsibility eases off and you can actually take time off, but i never saw it. Now I'm very much life-oriented. I don't make as much money, but I have the time to actually do things, which is more important for me.
I've maintained a very tight policy of "Don't fix your uncles printer". When pushed into a corner, my go-to is "I'll bring an external drive, we can pull off all your photos and we can install Linux.".
Every family member who only uses Facebook/email has been very happy with a Mint install with ad blockers.
I've had a couple of people suggest they were going to dualboot and I often suggest against it. Logging in and out is more of a deterrent than people realize.
The only instance where I think it would be effective is if you work with MS software, in that case you can get away with having a work OS and a home OS.
IMO, the hardest part of moving over is relearning a bunch of things you've taken for granted. However, Windows has been changing and breaking things at such a rapid pace, that not even my friends who still use it can keep track.
I've been on Linux since 2016, and I'm honestly useless at Windows Administration now.
It's not just that, but a lot of software feels awful to use. It feels like when Cable stations would just start airing Infomercials (maybe they still do) late at night, trying to sell you things you don't need. Using modern software unfiltered is an onslaught of advertising, and pressure. It's not fun.
Man I was so stoked during the kickstarter. No suits controlling Chris Roberts, crowd funded, open development of an epic space game.
Now, I'm pretty sure I won't even have time to play it by the time it's released. They got my $45 a long time ago, and I've spent more time on SC than a lot of $45 games, but...yeah, I'm not excited about it anymore.
Can I ssh into a server and not lose all productivity yet? Last time I tried ghostty I had to setup separate configs for my servers because they didn't recognize it :/
It's a shame we don't have those banner ad schemes anymore. Cybersquatting could be a viable income stream if you could convince the cleaners to click banner ads for a faction of a penny each.
I did the whole work work work thing, and the only reward i got was more work and more responsibility. There may be some time where the responsibility eases off and you can actually take time off, but i never saw it. Now I'm very much life-oriented. I don't make as much money, but I have the time to actually do things, which is more important for me.