I didn't come here to complain about windows. I came here to show my support for a Linux version. Not sure why you are so butt hurt about that. The malware argument is not bogus. There is much more malware in existence for Windows than all other platforms combined, that is fact.

You obviously didn't read my comments properly as I have already stated we have many more Linux and Mac clients (60%) than we do Windows, yet we still get 5x the amount of trouble calls for Windows boxes. Windows last year at this time was over 70% of our business, we have seen a very rapid decline. Our customer retention is very good. We are not losing those customers they are just deciding to upgrade to Linux and Mac. On top of that Linux systems are so much easier for us to maintain, that we started offering a 20% discount last month for customers switching to Linux. That has brought a slight up-tick in the amount of conversions. But does not account for the massive Windows decline over the last 10-11 months.

What we have found is people are just fed up with Windows. All our techs carry a few SSDs with Linux pre-loaded as well as a couple Windows drives that have been sysprep'd. About 80% of the customers we offer the option of switching to Linux take us up on it, and never look back. Less 5% of the users we convert decide to go back. The other 15% decide outright they want to stick with what they know. That is because take the time to learn about the customer's needs. If we feel Linux isn't a good option for them right now we don't recommend it and move on with our lives. We will gladly service a Windows box at our standard rate. We also know we'll be back within a year to service it again. Windows has always been very profitable for us.

We have a lot of customers still on Ubuntu 12.04 since we started supporting Linux in 2012 that have never had to call about that machine. In fact we a getting ready to send a notice out tho those customers support for 12.04 runs out Apr-2017 and they need to upgrade. We have never had a Windows install last that long. Sure we had customers using XP up until end of support. But the installation dates on those machines vary rarely exceeded 2 years. In fact we still have a handful of customers that absolutely refuse to get rid of those machines. We still service them, but each machine is isolated on the network and very heavily fire-walled if connected to a network at all. We finally converted our last DOS client this year. Guess where they went... Linux.

I nor any other Linux users are "waiting for software". Every single one of our Linux clients have all the tools they need. If they didn't, they wouldn't be using Linux. Don't confuse my interest in vMix as "Linux users have no options". We have plenty options, and we use them. I also wouldn't mind seeing Photoshop, Premiere, or even Microsoft Office come to Linux. But doesn't mean I can't get my work done. Krita, Lightworks, and LibreOffice do everything I need, and there are many more options out there.

On a personal level, my return to streaming has been delayed by about a year, as I've had so much to do IRL, including a move from the UK to NL, due to the Brexit vote. I have had a dual CPU streaming PC ready to go for nearly a year now. Back when I built it, vMix and Windows 7 seemed like the obvious option ..... now? I'm not sure I can tolerate Windows any longer ... if I keep 7 updated, it will inevitably get screwed up ... if I don't it will become increasingly relict. 10 as previously discussed is not an option. That leaves Linux (Ubuntu Studio) and OBS Linux. The Linux version of OBS is undoubtedly lacking a few features still, but I'm not going to invest time and money into an ecosystem (Windows), that for all purposes except gaming, is end of life for me and has no useful purpose.