Samba is indeed an annoyance, at least in the initial setup. In good faith though, does windows just work? Because there’s a habit for windows updates to break file sharing pretty regularly, not to mention permissions issues.

There’s a lot of work people put into windows that they just don’t realise because they’ve been in the ecosystem for that long. Having been on both sides for a bit now, Linux requires a hell of a lot less regular maintenance than windows needed. Sure I’m a power user, but I think that Linux is getting better and better all the time for general users.