Switching to Linux was one of the best decisions I ever made. I did dual-boot for several years, though.
The thing that hooked me was all of the gorgeous screenshots people would post on 4chan and other image boards. Especially those terminals! The Linux desktops looked like something out of a Hollywood hacker film. In contrast, Windows had CMD.EXE, which was an ugly, clunky mess that hadn’t been updated in 20 years. I swear I could feel a slight delay between when I pressed the key and the letter appeared on the screen. I wouldn’t want to use that for anything.
The windows Terminal exists and it’s actually nice. Yeah, Linux is very good for many reasons, but Windows still got a lot of good things going for it. Most people won’t find their use of either to be different, except in installing accessories. The absolute unit that is windows support for just about any accessory that comes out is unmatched.
For a few examples, wireless Xbox gamepads, HP printers, webcams that require proprietary software, some of those professional audio setups.
I know that Linux has a lot going for it too, especially in the freedom of choice in how the operating system works and runs, as well as how the desktop environment looks and feels, but let’s not pretend Windows has not improved since Windows 7.
Switching to Linux was one of the best decisions I ever made. I did dual-boot for several years, though.
The thing that hooked me was all of the gorgeous screenshots people would post on 4chan and other image boards. Especially those terminals! The Linux desktops looked like something out of a Hollywood hacker film. In contrast, Windows had CMD.EXE, which was an ugly, clunky mess that hadn’t been updated in 20 years. I swear I could feel a slight delay between when I pressed the key and the letter appeared on the screen. I wouldn’t want to use that for anything.
The windows Terminal exists and it’s actually nice. Yeah, Linux is very good for many reasons, but Windows still got a lot of good things going for it. Most people won’t find their use of either to be different, except in installing accessories. The absolute unit that is windows support for just about any accessory that comes out is unmatched.
For a few examples, wireless Xbox gamepads, HP printers, webcams that require proprietary software, some of those professional audio setups.
I know that Linux has a lot going for it too, especially in the freedom of choice in how the operating system works and runs, as well as how the desktop environment looks and feels, but let’s not pretend Windows has not improved since Windows 7.
Ah, okay. According to Wikipedia, that came out 13 years after I started using Linux. I’ve never seen it, much less used it.
Windows has improved a ton in the last 13 years.