Started using it because I was a nerd, still using it because windows cannot provide anything close to a sway/i3 style of wm.
Also setting up a programming environment is dead easy, just install a package and you can compile your code within 5 minutes of a fresh install.
and also the kernel logs actually make sense and tell me what I need to fix when the system breaks. windows errors are just a goddamn mysterious mess
boredom and depression will get you, that’s why there’s the saying “ignorance is bliss”