If you want to do everything legit, sure.. Not everyone is 100% whitecollar though.

Piracy is not a legitimate rebuttal to FOSS.

Indeed, Notepad++ is pretty good for a Windows editor. But... Does it do regex? Support any debuggers? How about a REPL? Can it hook into filesystem or webserver events? Your version control system? Can you extend it? Can you save the output of a program to a file that then becomes the input of another? (read: can it be a pipe?) np++ is perfectly fine for small, simple, and/or trivial things. Once you get into more advanced software development (web or otherwise), it's going to show its weaknesses.

Look.. ill just stop here because all you're doing is drumming up the most expensive option for everything while you full well know there are cheaper/free alternatives that work just as well.. You are just reaching for excuses here.

I wasn't looking for the most expensive. In fact, the most expensive would probably be from AutoCAD or 3DSmax, Maya, etc. I chose the most common tasks and tools that people cite being "killer" or "must-have". So-called "industry standards" that are go-tos for the average Windows user. The problem is, most people pirate them (or get it from someone else who has pirated them) and don't realize that their software isn't free. So I went out of my way to do some research and show that if we're talking intended use of each of our systems, Windows software is going to be more expensive. Hell, the OS itself is $100+ (and prebuilts add that to the price of the system; aka the Windows tax)

So linux has a google play store mechanic, thats great and all, but if a program fails to compile (as it often does) you're still stuck shoveling commands from google to console.

The only time you're going to be compiling is if you're building packages yourself. That's true for every distro except Slackware, Gentoo (and derivatives), and LFS itself. Literally every other distro offers binaries that typically "just work". Part of being a member of the FOSS community means that if something doesn't work, the maintainers need to be told so they can fix it. It means they fucked up somewhere.

I got started with Ubuntu (today a Gentooer), and didn't really have any issues. Had I wanted to remain an ignorant computer user, I could have easily stayed in the comfy GUI bubble without any troubles. I think you should do a little more research into Linux, because while it certainly has flaws or shortcomings (all OSes do), you're not highlighting them yet.

Implying a console is better for gaming than a proper windows gaming rig.. :') Implying steam/uplay/origin (if linux even has uplay/origin..) can NOT take your games away if you are on linux.. :')

I don't communicate with implications. You can read into whatever statement you want; if I have something to say, I say it. Consoles do have specific strengths that are lacking on PC, and PCs have specific strengths that consoles will likely never have. All digital distribution platforms suck ass and don't respect consumer rights. The OS you're on doesn't matter. Next time, try not to assume I carry a stance that's not written.

The games that were designed to run only on windows had a reason to be designed that way. Developers didn't want to deal with the insanely diverse linux platform.

Nonsense. While GNU/Linux offers tons of choices and many distros, the core libraries are still there. The audio and video libraries, OpenGL, OpenCL, SDL, libevent and/or evdev, and your X libraries are practically universal across GNU/Linux. The differences will be found in where the files are. That's the job of the distro package maintainers to get right, and they often do. Valve managed to get Steam to Linux without any issues, and even ships a Steam Runtime to assist other developers in targeting every distro. Again, you're arguing against a false fact. Developers that don't want to dev for Linux because "It's fragmented" don't understand the technology and are covering up the real reasons. A legitimate reason to not dev for Linux would be "we don't have enough expertise", or "We have a deadline to meet, maybe after the Win/Mac release", or "We don't feel we'll get a return on our investment". This illusory "fragmentation" is bullshit. Every distro uses mostly the same libraries, and anything of quality will find its way into the repositories with no additional work from developers.

"Hurr hurr I dont want to spend so much money on hardware and software!" owns 3 consoles .... hokay, whatever you say man. :')

Please reread what I typed. I currently own a 3DS and Wii, but I want a Wii U and maybe a PS3 down the road. Money is a concern for anyone except the rich, and is certainly a legitimate concern when we're discussing thousands of dollars just to use software. Put in a way you'd understand, which would you rather do: pay the equivalent of 10 top-dollar games to edit various multimedia (per year, might I add), or go find FOSS programs that do the same job absolutely free of cost? Assuming you have a budget, that's 10 games you can't buy that year, right off the top. More if you look for sales.

I dont expect linux to BE windows, I expect it to BE AS EASY TO USE as windows. And its not. Not by a long shot.

That's not an objective descriptor. Everyone finds different things easy or challenging. I'm perfectly at home on a command line (editing this comment in vim, as a matter of fact), but most people will throw up their hands or look at it quizzically. Meanwhile, some people swear by touch-oriented displays or environments like Win8's Metro or GNOME 3, while I balk at it and struggle to figure out where settings are with its "intuitive" interface.

The funny thing is intuition is different for everyone. There will never be a single interface that will meet everyone's needs. Not even the majority's needs.

The reason you find Windows easy is because it's what you learned first and it's what you currently know. You're mistaking familiarity for ease of use. It goes both ways, too; I think vim and the terminal are easy, fun, and (mostly) intuitive once you get the hang of things. But the difference is I know my preference isn't for everyone.

At the end of all this back and forth, you should at least realize that you have misconceptions about GNU/Linux and that it's perfectly possible to run it as an "everyday, normal" person. You can even play "proper games" with it. You're certainly right that (some) blockbuster games don't get Linux support. But that's slowly changing. If you're happy with Windows, by all means stick with it. It won't hurt my feelings or anyone else's if you use something different. But there's no reason to spread ignorant lies.