As we’ve discussed, to each his own. You’re happy, I’m happy. Smiles all around. Yet as you describe your configuration in your second paragraph, It just seems to me a fairly convoluted way of doing things, but if it suits your purpose, that’s fine.
Simple is for me. If Linux offered everything I need, I’d be happy to be a Linux user. It doesn’t though. So, I’m quite happy where I’m at. And, that’s fine as well.
Good chatting with you about this.
There used to be a common sense approach to selecting a computer system. First figure out what software one needs to run, then buy the best system to run that software on.
Linux, Mac, Windows? Each is a legitimate OS, each having it’s pluses and minuses. Pick the OS based on what software one needs to run, just like the old days of picking the hardware to run the software upon.
I use Linux, and have used every Windows version back to 3.1. They all have a place, one is not “better” than another, including Mac. It’s what one needs to do that determines which is “better.”