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Yes, definitely! I use it as much as possible, though there are certain times (especially at work) where I have to use or support Windows or MacOS.
My daily driver for personal use is Linux (using Cinnamon Mint right now), my main browser is Firefox, and I won't deny I've spent a decent amount of time playing Luanti (would recommend). I'll also admit I still use plenty of closed source software even in my personal life (mostly Steam, which runs great on Linux).
I pretty much only use FOSS programs. They're monetarilly free which makes them super easy to try and see if you like them and with the abundance of options it's likely you'll find a program you enjoy. I find most programs and not janky like people assume
My computer uses Linux and basically everything is FOSS. Is Steam FOSS? I doubt it, so that may be the only program that isn't, and the games.
On my phone the only two apps that aren't FOSS are the Privacy.com app and my weather station which I'm working on an alternative.
If the quality is roughly similar, I'll prefer the open-source software but I don't actively avoid proprietary software either. I use FOSS quite a bit, for example I use Linux as my main OS.
Yes. The two I use the most are Notepad++ and PuTTY.
My household is down to one old MacBook not running Linux, I use firefox for most browsing, lemmy obviously, I've replaced a bunch of nonfree tools with things like krita, and host a number of things on docker.
But I also have an old Plex lifetime pass, and haven't moved to jellyfin, functionally need an Android (or iOS) phone for work purposes, and fully abandoning corporate software like social media is hard, because so much communication happens there. I've used my own domain for email since college, so I have the option to move, but self hosting email is a very big step, and I don't have the time to do it right. It's small in some ways, but I try to run proprietary things in-browser rather than native builds when practical.
Almost everything, with a few exceptions (Obsidian in a local-first environment, YouTube, most games).