I think we’re at a unique point where windows has pissed off people to no end by continuing to ruin their operating system, and Linux has reached a very mature point. Everyone I know that uses windows hates it now, more than ever, and are finally at the tipping point.
As an Affinity Designer user for years this looks really wonderful. I’m happy with my Affinity products on my IPad Pro for artistic work so I never look into alternatives, so I had no idea Inkscape was so impressive.