I would pay good money for an alternative that was at least close to Windows for my needs, if one existed. Sadly making a new operating system today is a gigant

I would pay good money for an alternative that was at least close to Windows for my needs, if one existed. Sadly making a new operating system today is a gigantic undertaking thanks to the proliferation of hardware and the non-universality of drivers. Rump kernels seem to be (very slowly) making this a little better.