Windows 8 is just an unmitigated disaster, Folks responsible for deciding, lets cram the ZUNE interface onto the desktop, and not only that make it the default interface should all have just been summarily fired... 8.1 made 8.0 at least usable, but its still a giant fustercluck.
my new putter, a Christmas present, is now 8.1... but it got stuck on the Welcome page when I started it today. lol.
On the plus side, I did miss playing World of Tanks etc when I had Linux.
But by next Christmas, Windows might get corrupted and this thing will be Linux too.