Speaking as someone who uses Linux and Windows a lot – Windows gets shit on way too much.
It has far more legacy software and hardware support than anything else. Literally orders of magnitude more.
EDIT: Just to expand – a lot of the things that Linux gets praised for – being lightweight, being fully customisable, being in theory more secure – only happen because they don’t have the burden of legacy support that Windows has.
I think the other half of things that MS regularly gets criticised for are more valid. The data collection stuff (though, they do nothing that their peers don’t do, and there is massive hyperbole when it comes to what MS actually do), integrated adverts and so on. That’s where Linux being mostly open source is an advantage.
PizzaDearr
Microsoft employee discovering that XZ Utils backdoor in Linux like a boss.
steventechno
If we could just get a new Windows 7, I would happily consider switching back. Everything, I mean EVERYTHING is on Windows, but Windows 8 and later, it hasn’t been the same. It’s been too hard trying to be a hybrid mobiledesktop combo filled with ads and shady practices. Windows 7 and earlier? Clean, smooth and snappy. (Except for ME, and Vista on launch)
I switched to Linux because it’s now what I used to love about windows. A good UI, clean, fairly smooth and built for the desktop, mostly. most DEs are built for desktops. Not tablet hybrids (though gnome feels at home there).
balaci2
i honestly hope this thread won’t devolve into yet another thread of spreading hate and general misinformation about Linux
it’s getting old already seeing the same asisine bullshit all over again
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Speaking as someone who uses Linux and Windows a lot – Windows gets shit on way too much.
It has far more legacy software and hardware support than anything else. Literally orders of magnitude more.
EDIT: Just to expand – a lot of the things that Linux gets praised for – being lightweight, being fully customisable, being in theory more secure – only happen because they don’t have the burden of legacy support that Windows has.
I think the other half of things that MS regularly gets criticised for are more valid. The data collection stuff (though, they do nothing that their peers don’t do, and there is massive hyperbole when it comes to what MS actually do), integrated adverts and so on. That’s where Linux being mostly open source is an advantage.
Microsoft employee discovering that XZ Utils backdoor in Linux like a boss.
If we could just get a new Windows 7, I would happily consider switching back. Everything, I mean EVERYTHING is on Windows, but Windows 8 and later, it hasn’t been the same. It’s been too hard trying to be a hybrid mobiledesktop combo filled with ads and shady practices. Windows 7 and earlier? Clean, smooth and snappy. (Except for ME, and Vista on launch)
I switched to Linux because it’s now what I used to love about windows. A good UI, clean, fairly smooth and built for the desktop, mostly. most DEs are built for desktops. Not tablet hybrids (though gnome feels at home there).
i honestly hope this thread won’t devolve into yet another thread of spreading hate and general misinformation about Linux
it’s getting old already seeing the same asisine bullshit all over again