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I think for those who are not able to install and configure Linux manually from scratch not using a graphical installer would be better to use Windows 10 (not a bad OS), with no irony. Since such kind of articles and "simplified" systems like that "elementary OS" do hide Linux complexity. One day user will face a really serious OS issues and will stuck with that not knowing what to do (for example not bootable system after the update, it's not so likely, but might happen with Linux).


Plain wrong IMO.

Have been using Linux professionally and on my personal machines on and off for 15 years, sonce I was a student. A bit more work than Windows in some ways, less in others.

I came to Ubuntu back in 2005ish based on a tip from a then 50 year old electrical engineer who had fallen in love.

My bus driver this morning loves it (we sometimes talk while waiting).

So stop spreading this FUD.

And this comes from someone who has started liking Windows UX lately.


You didn't get a point of my message. But I'm not going to keep explaining conversation with a person who is writing to me to stop expressing my own opinion which is backed by some experience, you better keep chatting with your bus driver.


I think I got your point.

It doesn't seem like you got mine:

Lots of people - including people who aren't pro users - have been using Linux happily for years.

Post like yours are likely to discourage people from even trying, which is why I try to correct what I see as misinformation.

You are free to explain why I am wrong instead of starting to pick on the anecdote.


A typical Windows user is going to have no clue what to do if they have a serious OS issue too.


Windows on desktop is a more stable system than Linux on desktop.


No it's not. I have far more problems with my Win7 and Win10 systems at work than I do with my Linux system at home.




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