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Why Windows is still better than Linux (2021)

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I have had the misfortune of supporting users across all common operating systems, the many versions of Windows, Mac OS/X, various Linux distros, etc.

Based on my experience 10% to 20% of computer users shouldn't be given a computer to use. They have absolutely no understanding of the simplest concepts and are totally disinclined to understand. In many cases they are using systems that haven't been updated since they purchased them and have made so many mistakes along the way that their work areas are a mess. For these people, the best recommendation would be to "step away from that computer!".

Such a poor article. While I agree, Windows is often better than Linux for the majority of users..

2. Software Updates: Really? The majority of software used by the majority of users, that is available on Linux tends to update basically the same schedule as the Windows versions. Please cite actual comparisons. Otherwise why should I even bother to read the article?

4. Bugs "The silent majority don't experience any problems."

Ask any random Windows user if they experience problems. It's such a huge problem that it's a huge selling point for alternative OSes, for Macs.

The rest of the points I mostly agree with. But those 2 points in the first 4 points, simply aren't true.

> Ask any random Windows user if they experience problems. It's such a huge problem that it's a huge selling point for alternative OSes, for Macs.

I'm a Windows user and I experience issues from bugs much less frequently using Windows than using desktop Linux distributions. I was also a Mac user for almost 10 years and have not been impacted any greater by bugs in Windows than macOS. Both are greatly better in this regard than desktop Linux.

One caveat. There was recently an article on HN proposing that ChromeOS be considered as desktop Linux. If you do so than ChromeOS would be the exception for desktop Linux. I haven't had anymore issues with bugginess from ChromeOS than Windows or macOS.

In my experience many people use Windows computers are their work. Because they don't know anything about computers, they find the somewhat different way of doing things on ChromeOS too hard to come to grips with.

My parents are 88 and 87. They retired in 1996. Their computer experience while working was accessing a logistics management system and office productivity software via a terminal connected to a Data General minicomputer system. In the early 2000s they bought Windows laptops and used varying Windows laptops until a couple of years ago when they bought Chromebooks. They have had no issues adjusting to ChromeOS.

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