I couldn't believe how much better the GUI had come in years as well. Around 2020 i tried a new work laptop with Ubuntu and was blown away. Without any fuss google meet worked in FIREFOX with full webcam audio support on a dell xps. Just to compare I went to the ms teams site, and of course it couldn't even get off the ground with firefox. "your browser isn't supported." it was obvious MS was/is crippling it artificially, and then it dawned on me, i just had my year of the linux desktop.