Why would you NOT prefer window over linux?

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tuxooo@reddit

I used windows since 95', almost all of them including some server editions. Massive fan, even liked Vista and 8. Participated in the early insider program for many years.

The moment we started getting copilot BAKED IN the file manager, and of course literally everywhere, including the recall feature that was hacked 30 minutes after it was released in early alpha long time ago, I said enough is enough. I value my privacy, and I want what I pay for to be mine.

Switched to Ubuntu, loved it in terms of UI/UX, still love it, but i did not like few things that were going on there, moved to arch, never ever ever looking back ever again. Its my pc, my software, what I want I can donate to, I can purchase, I can subscribe. Literally nothing I need Is missing, except few karnel level anti cheat based games, that I dont need in my life anyways :)

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the_anonim_one3@reddit (OP)

Tbh you have a point, the windows 10 support ended and my pc would not support win 11(also very buggy) so i switched to pop os. Im not having any problem except than opening some softwares like Excel and some apps.

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tuxooo@reddit

I switched from office to open office, when i need office there is google office docs conversion to microsoft office, or online microsoft office.

I use adobe lighroom, there is an online version AS good as the desktop version with RAW editor even.

There is almost always a alternative for anything, if there is no such, It seems I dont need that software anymore. And in case I do need it ... i can use a VM and woala.

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LeadIVTriNitride@reddit

Curiosity mostly, i wanted to try it. I kind of subscribe to the assertion that windows is more like a product and Linux has the freedom to be whatever you like.

My modern hardware on the CPU side runs better on Linux which suits my needs because I play CPU heavy games more than graphically heavy

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AKostur@reddit

Access to dev tools, dev access to the entire OS.

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Robsteady@reddit

Freedom. I fell in love with Linux because of people like Richard Stallman and Cory Doctorow rather than Pewdiepie and Linus Sebastian.

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ElectricLeafeon@reddit

Privacy, my operating system not trying to shove programs down my throat that I don't need, almost complete control over my OS, the actual ability to customize my UI, my operating system not breaking EVERY time there's an update... The list goes on.

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niteninja1@reddit

its funny on the update side. every update issue ive ever had has been on linux. ive never had a update issue with windows

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ElectricLeafeon@reddit

I've had 2 problematic updates since moving to manjaro, although this last one might not have been related because the fix ended up being "delete the hibernation file on problematic drive."

The big one was when we switched over to Wayland--adaptive sync started going haywire on my system. Eventually found the issue and turned it off.

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Tumbleweeds5@reddit

You're lucky... I have had all sorts of upgrade issues on Windows over the last three decades. Even on work PCs, where I never installed anything personal. Never had a single issue on Linux or any other *nix I ever worked with.

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niteninja1@reddit

i literally bricked a server a few months ago (thank fuck i always test it on one first) because a OS update removed a package our anti virus relied on and basically bricked everything.

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the_anonim_one3@reddit (OP)

Yeah because windows forces you and makes pop-ups every 10 seconds.

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United-Baseball3688@reddit

For me it's the other way around. Except for that one time I accidentally cancelled in the middle of a pacman -Syu

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necrophcodr@reddit

Gaming. It just works better for me on Linux. It's not why I originally switched (although the games that I could get working, I could enjoy way easier on Linux than when I ran Windows back in 2012), but gaming would be one of the biggest reasons for me today. Everything is just so much more doable and easy for me now.

I do a lot of modding, and having to reinstall a game and delete all additional files every time is such a pain. I could make backups but that's also really fucking annoying. It's much easier to just install the game, patch it up, make sure it works, do a lil' instant snapshot and then just go ham on the mods. When something breaks, I'll just roll back to the previous snapshot of the game which is also instant, then try again.

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the_anonim_one3@reddit (OP)

True

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Whit-Batmobil@reddit

Fuck Windows 11, I like being in control of my own hardware and having the ability to do more from the command line is also a massive plus in my opinion, I know you can use CMD and PowerShell to do a lot on Windows, but doing system updates through the Terminal is something I greatly prefer as I can actually see what the system is doing,

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lunchbox651@reddit

I just enjoy Linux.
Bash commands make a ton more sense than PS.
I like being able to customise a DE to my liking.
Being able to remove default applications without a fuck-around.
All my servers (except 3) are Linux so it helps to never get rusty.
Never having to open regedit.

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niteninja1@reddit

i think this is where i end up in arguments with linux people.

My home pc is a consumer device used for basic productivity tasks and entertainment. ive never once in 16 years had to use reegit on my home pc. My work computer (im a senior software engineer) ofc is linux

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lunchbox651@reddit

I don't know how that's relevant. I didn't do anything but game or browse the internet (after Win95 dropped) and I needed to use the registry plenty. Whether it was broken installers, driver issues, etc. There were plenty of times I had to open the registry on systems that weren't meant to be anything more than an entertainment device.

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psylocalypso@reddit

I'm a CS student and I enjoy systems/networking/programming projects in general. That's it. If it wasn't for the purpose of getting my hands dirty I would have stuck to windows, regardless of how much I hate the telemetry and AI enforcing. In my opinion, Linux is good for old machines and CS purposes, for now. Sadly I find there are still too many software compatibility problems for me to recommend Linux to anyone interested in a computer that "just works". I have high hopes about that changing with time tho.

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the_anonim_one3@reddit (OP)

Yeah. Most of the people wont switch because of the unsupported apps and so

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psylocalypso@reddit

Yeah... I'm also a musician and that's the main reason I will never be able not to dual boot. The few linux daws fucking suck.

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TheWebjunky@reddit

I'm just moving from Win11 to ZorinOS 18.1 . I'm very fond of my privacy, don't want al this AI crap forced on me. 2de reason , I'm european and trying to move as much as possible away from US companies, following the example of European governments and businesses are starting to look at other options aswell.

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BlikPleb@reddit

A lot of errors due to bad updates (random bluescreens since windows updates), the overuse of AI in all applications, the big RAM footprint of the OS, feels sluggish to use on the same rig, amount of popups, settings you have to manually adjust back to your liking after updates set a lot back to default, I can go on and on about why I switched to linux. Only reason for me to use windows over linux is overall software support for specific usecases, although as my daily driver I haven't had the need to switch back to windows so I removed that partition over half a year ago.

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the_anonim_one3@reddit (OP)

I mean for most of the people, its just the unsupported apps and softwares to keep on linux, otherwise there would really be no reasons to using windows.

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FAMPpro@reddit

I had a ancient relic of a pc from 2016 so while using windows I couldn't do anything other than running windows. Linux gave a new life to him. Made me realize its Windows thts bloated pc is fine.

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niteninja1@reddit

its primarily aimed at desktop computing. even its server os’s mostly exist to manage windows domains.

linux for servers, windows for users

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FOSS-game-enjoyer@reddit

Ngl, I like forward slashes. /home/username/Desktop/Arduino/

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Bl4ckb100d@reddit

I think you're phrasing it the wrong way. I don't have a reason to use Windows, and probably neither do most people here.

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Ill_Net_8807@reddit

dude, read the windows EULA

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the_anonim_one3@reddit (OP)

Why?

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A_Canadian_boi@reddit

Linux makes money by being a server OS, which means anything that is server-related (ie. file parsing, networking, CPU processing, VMs, etc) are first-class... but anything that isn't usually server related (ie. anything graphical, GPUs, video codecs, advanced display server stuff, etc) are patched together at best. GPU driver support is obviously way better for Windows, things like HDR displays, proprietary video codecs, etc. is much easier.

I switched to linux originally because Dell pushed broken drivers for my laptop and it wouldn't boot otherwise, and because I already did a sysadmin course and understood it. I still use Windows VMs for some legacy software, and occasionally I need to dualboot for some things.

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lelddit97@reddit

My computers heatsink didnt work and so my computer would shut down on windows, but ubuntu did a lot better. In hindsight the fix was easy but I also didn't have money being a lowly teenage. Since then, its comfort. Lately privacy would also have been a concern but I haven't used windows for anything other than gaming in a long time so....

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