I run Linux (Arch) on my personal Dell XPS13. I run Ubuntu 20.04 in a VM at work to do NodeJs/Springboot (backend) development and even in a VM, especially for

I run Linux (Arch) on my personal Dell XPS13. I run Ubuntu 20.04 in a VM at work to do NodeJs/Springboot (backend) development and even in a VM, especially for node, the experience is better than colleagues running bare metal Windows. Going back to the XPS13 the Linux experience is not perfect. * the mess with the HiDpi support and font systems. I often go from the laptop docked to a Usb-C hub to using my laptop on my coach. And my external display and laptop screen don't share the same pixel density. And it is a mess to switch from one to the other without hurting my eyes. Fractional scaling is blurry under Wayland or X in Gnome. Also some apps rely on Gtk for font rendering and thus react to GDK_SCALE environment variables but some don't. Some understand the Xft.dpi X server font dpi setting, some don't... I stopped doing fractional scaling of the whole display and just automatically detect which display is connected (thus does not work on both) and change the Gnome font settings * Worse Battery life. I kept the Windows10 partition just in case and sometimes spend a bit of time on it and I have a much longer battery life on Windows10 doing the same things. On Linux I get 6 to 8 hours, when on Windows it is more between 8 to 10 hours. I think the main reason for that is the lack of off-the-shelf hardware accelerated video decoder in the browsers on Linux (I watch quite a few youtube videos). Yes I know TLP, powertop, etc. * No driver for the fingerprint reader. It is a shame since the same model is sold by Dell with Ubuntu but the driver is not available. It is something I really like on Windows. * Worse bluetooth experience. On Windows10, my bluetooth headset or speakers connect instantly, on Linux it takes up to 30 seconds and I usually have to manually force it (completely random) * More instabilities. Usually after a resume sometimes bluetooth or wifi stop working and I need to reboot (once or twice a week). * Lack of Wayland compatible apps. (I run Gnome) and some apps do not work and sometimes don't have Wayland equivalent: OBS is buggy on Wayland, polybar (status bar) does not work. I moved back to Xorg but I find it less responsive. That being said I experimented a bit WSL on Windows10, it is nice but I am still not coming back to Windows 10. I don't like the OS advertising apps that I don't want and WSL feels a bit like a workaround you don't get the full experience, cannot start services, mount filesystems or launch apps with a UI seamlessly.