For me the content is just not quite there on Lemmy. Less stuff overall and less interesting and active communities. I wish Lemmy became a lot more popular because Reddit is firmly in an enshittification phase.
The moment old.reddit.com is gone, I’m done with it.
Dual boot is a pain in the ass. I did this for a time and just ended up going to one OS.
My journey with Linux has always ended with “Oh, it’s easy, just paste this mile long command i to the terminal to do something that is a checkbox on Win or MacOS” type nonsense.
There’s just not any true benefits for me to run Linux. Windows and MacOS have their own bullshit but generally the amount of BS is easier to manage than Linux.
Maybe your friend doesn’t really want to talk about kids when they have some free time away from them and is possibly interacting with others who don’t have kids?
As someone without kids…it’s not very interesting to hear about my friends’ kids. I understand they are a huge part of their lives - taking most of their time. But also being able to talk about other things matters.