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Another reason to use Linux..
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I know this is not popular, and I do not like Microsoft for many reasons, but if I had to choose between linux and microsoft...I'd still choose MS. The UX is so much better. Linux still has a long way to go. I've been using linux on the side since slackware in the 90's -> today Debian and raspbian.
Update #1 : I knew this wasn't going to be a popular opinion, and honestly..I don't care/mind the downvotes? (What does that do anyways??:-)) Regardless, to me I get more done on windows than on linux cause there are more apps for it. With Linux, you either have to search for it in some cryptic repo, and then finding those dependencies....then find the conflicts...or worse have to compile it with some cryptic ass commands...no thanks. Double-click on the EXE or MSI and go. Linux also doesn't just work out of the box, you really have to monkey with it quite a bit. Drivers are a pain. It's just simply not there yet. I hope it get's there. MS is not perfect, but it is one neck to choke!
Of all the reasons to debate Windows > Linux you chose UX. Windows UX sucks, whereas Linux can be just about anything you can image with a little effort.
I think the user experience on windows is way better than linux. It's not perfect, but linux is even farther from where windows is currently.
Windows UI is just one giant cluster of dark patterns.
yes, but I can navigate the dark patterns without searching through the dark corners of the odd site for that command for linux.