4 ms·
Besides Windows 10 telemetry being a privacy invasion, there are people who just prefer Linux or another Unix-like. Why would they switch to Windows? E.g. take
by danieldk 9y ago
Besides Windows 10 telemetry being a privacy invasion, there are people who just prefer Linux or another Unix-like. Why would they switch to Windows?
E.g. take me. I have used UNIX in some shape or form since 1994. I do not have anything against Windows. Technically the NT kernel is a marvel of engineering. But my brain is just fundamentally incompatible with Windows. The UNIX shell is ingrained, vim keys are ingrained, etc.
definitely more secure than their counterparts
Based on what criteria? And what counterpart are you comparing Windows to? Linux with X.org? Linux with Wayland and SELinux? macOS?
- martin_andrino 9y ago>Besides Windows 10 telemetry being a privacy invasion Based on what criteria? Windows 10 never allowed you to login with passwordless root. Case closed.
- wiz21c 9y ago>>> Why would they switch to Windows? What I love with my Linux is the total control I have over it. I can customize many things, have my own desktop environment while leaving other members of the family with KDE. I can update what I want, install apps with "aptitude" super easily and nobody ever asks me for my position, my age, phone number or email. Life is sooo quiet on my Linux. (Linux "breaks" (more exactly, userland stuff) more often than windows, but when it breaks I can do something about it and learn a thing or two while I fix it). Plus the community is vibrant. I'm lovin' it :-)
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoTo be fair, Linux the kernel almost never breaks userland stuff. That's the fault of Linux distributions (and glibc), and Linus has bitched them out over it several times, not that they listen.
- wiz21c 9y agoYou're right. I meant that Linux kernel seems super solid to me but applications running on Linux are not always that stable.