Is Linux really the best operating system for power users, or is that overstated?

[Exoplanet Ranger]

Linux gets constantly recommended as the ultimate power user operating system, praised for total customization, resource efficiency and a genuinely massive open source software ecosystem. For developers and system administrators specifically it often really is the more efficient choice for specialized tasks. But that reputation sometimes glosses over genuinely rough edges around hardware compatibility, gaming support and the learning curve required to actually configure things properly. Curious whether people think that power user reputation is fully earned or somewhat overstated

Windows has genuinely closed a lot of that gap for power users specifically, with WSL letting you run a real Linux environment alongside native Windows software without dual booting anything. macOS meanwhile offers a genuinely solid Unix based terminal experience with way better out of the box hardware compatibility for its specific hardware. Feels like the power user advantage Linux used to have exclusively has narrowed considerably in recent years

What's actually your daily driver as a self described power user, and why specifically. Genuinely curious how people are weighing this these days