>But what if you’re using GNU/Linux today? In that case, it is a major downgrade to switch to a GNU/kWindows system; by doing so, you are surrendering your free

>But what if you’re using GNU/Linux today? In that case, it is a major downgrade to switch to a GNU/kWindows system; by doing so, you are surrendering your freedom to Microsoft. It does not matter how many shiny features Microsoft might introduce into its freedom-denying surveillance system; an operating system that respects your freedoms will always be a superior choice. We would do our best to dissuade users from switching to a GNU/kWindows system for the technical benefits that GNU provides. I would never downgrade from Linux or mac to GNU/kWindows or as I prefer to call it "NSA/Windows". Not even because of privacy issues, but because Linux out performs Windows 10 on my shitty laptop that came with windows 10 from dell. I'm sure it out performs OS X too on this hardware, and yeah I could get a mac book or a surface but I think I'll just get something nice that runs Linux because it's just as easy and probably cheaper. I don't even give my parents Windows because if I did they'd find a way to muck up the system and it's a constant headache, Linux is rock solid for the elderly. No, it doesn't just randomly break when I ssh in and update it. Even I, a power user and programmer, can't seem to get Windows to have a fast start up time on a regular HDD, sure it gets to the desktop reasonably fast but then it constantly chokes as soon as I try to do something like open the start menu. I have to give windows a five minute "warm up" period for it to be usable in some cases. When I plug in an external monitor while using Windows the whole OS can slow to a crawl and when I unplug it my windows are lost forever, forget saving your work! Windows is a proprietary billion dollar OS and yet it only really works well across a short range of hardware, contrary to popular belief.