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Linux kernel upgrades are free, has an iron policy on userland regressions, and aren't bundled with malware. That's a pretty big difference with requiring Windo

Linux kernel upgrades are free, has an iron policy on userland regressions, and aren't bundled with malware. That's a pretty big difference with requiring Windows "upgrades".

Const-me 9y ago
> Linux kernel upgrades are free Windows 10 upgrade was also free for a couple of years. > has an iron policy on userland regressions GPU drivers include a lot of code running in the kernel. And Linux doesn’t give a damn about broken device drivers, especially third-party binary drivers, like GPU ones. > aren't bundled with malware Windows kernel is not bundled either. And Linux userland sometimes is, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4558049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4558049