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windows is better than linux (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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it runs all apps,works with all hardware even "unsuppoted" ones with rufus.

it has pretty ui,great antivirus,and its free if you know where to look.

runs all games,can be customized with group policy and registery. gets latest game ready drivers,new gpus and hardware work on it instantly no wait for community to make it work.

no community needed you can just go to microsoft forums,or ai bec most windows problems are easy to solve.

great backwards compatibility.

extremely stable and never crashes

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[–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Linux runs all apps for Linux and many apps for windows. Windows doesn't run any Linux apps.

KDE has a beautiful interface that both lets you customize damn near everything and doesn't push ads in the OS.

Linux doesn't need antivirus in the same way Windows does because it's inherently more secure and a smaller attack vector.

Linux is free, and your point about pirating Windows is dumb AF. It's $120 for the base version legally.

Linux runs almost every game that doesn't have kernel level anti cheat malware with proton.

Linux supports more hardware than MS by far. Try running a 10 year old CPU on windows 11. Nvidia isn't ideal on Linux, but it also works and updates are built in with kernel updates. Bonus, you can cherry pick updates if desired.

The Arch wiki is better than anything MS has to offer in regards to documentation and there are forums everywhere for help, with real people, not copilot generated slop. Each major distro, which means you have options, also has well developed forums and support.

As mentioned, Linux also has backwards compatibility, but better.

I run Arch and also never crash, and that's one of the most "unstable" distros out there. Something like Debian makes Windows look like a beta project.

Your arguments sound like they are from someone that's never used Linux, only read aged forum posts, and has to rely on piracy as positive note.

Extra bonuses for Linux is that it's faster by almost every metric, a fraction of the size and resource consumption, actually free, not shoving AI shit into it, truly customizable at every level, and doesn't steal all of your private information.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    windows also runs all linux apps even gui ones,and desktop envs with wsl2.

    i did use linux before,didnt like it.

    and yes i do see piracy as a positive,and the point is you can see your apps easily if you pirate windows. see i didnt mention windows is better for poweruser i just said better. so this includes everyday people.

    i did also run windows 11 on 10 year old cpu it works fine after rufus bypass. but i had to reflash windows after every feature update. by extracting the iso for new feature update and running setup.exe,then choosing keep apps and data and reinstall. it reinstalls my os and keeps apps and data i lived like this for a while not just a try.

    windows runs all games even the anti cheat ones.

    who cares about arch wiki,windows has fixes in youtube and more visible places in internet like microsoft forum or gemini or whatever ai person uses(most use ai now)

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    So by "windows supports backwards compatibility" you mean you have to bypass Windows in order to use it? That's a hack, not compatibility.

    You can think piracy is a positive, but the fact that you have to do that in order to use the OS isn't a win.

    Anti cheat is malware. It has broken Windows installs. I'm not in the habit of installing malware on my computer intentionally. Just the ability to do so is a net negative to Windows.

    Do you think Linux doesn't have forums, videos, and is also scraped by LLMs like Gemini?

    Ubuntu, Mint, and other distros are very simple to use for average users and it just works with a load of pre installed, open source apps out of the box. No need to buy private software or go out, find, and download alternatives. It's easier to install than Windows, and it doesn't make you bypass the OOBE in order to create a local account. Only power users would know the steps in order to do so and they are also the ones knowing the implications of using a live account. Windows by default stores you private bitlocker key in Azure and has given that over to the government to bypass you private data. That's not a thing with Linux.

    Linux doesn't have rewind malware either.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    windows also runs all linux apps even gui ones,and desktop envs with wsl2.

    And any windows apps run through winboat, wine, or virtual box.

    i did also run windows 11 on 10 year old cpu it works fine after rufus bypass.

    Linux runs on everything even calculators no bypass needed.

    windows runs all games even the anti cheat ones.

    I mean this one there are many ways. Proton will run most games out of the box even anticheat ones(unless the developer specifically goes out of their way to block support like d2 and r6s). Since would brought up wsl as a positive for windows in the same vein we can also run any anti cheat games through a vm and we can use GPU passthrough to get full performance unlike wsl. Even the anti cheat ones.

    who cares about arch wiki,windows has fixes in youtube and more visible places in internet like microsoft forum or gemini or whatever ai person uses(most use ai now)

    There is more information about fixes for Linux than Windows full stop. Even on Gemini or whatever llm is popular

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