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This is just incorrect. Windows as an OS is amazingly stable considering how many devices it supports and how backward-compatible it is. Windows as an ecosystem
by nathanaldensr 7y ago
This is just incorrect. Windows as an OS is amazingly stable considering how many devices it supports and how backward-compatible it is. Windows as an ecosystem less-so, but I mainly fault crappy drivers written by budget commodity hardware manufacturers like Realtek and Conexant. Windows is not a "CPU hog" either; install Windows fresh with only the manufacturers' drivers installed and you'll be running at 0% of CPU unless a background task like Windows Update is running.
- 0815test 7y agoLinux as an OS is a lot more backwards-compatible than Windows (including having better backwards-compatibility support for Windows software, via Wine, than Windows itself!), and runs usably on a wider range of (x86-like) hardware. It tends to fail altogether only on low-quality hardware that, even on Windows, is only ever supported via the crappy OEM drivers you mention. ...Also, nice trick statement at the end - Windows Update is always running!
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoI'm a fellow Linux user and... Well, please don't do this.
- vanilla_nut 7y ago> unless a background task like Windows Update is running. That is his point. Even on the VM I run on my macbook for work, there is always a background task running. Windows Defender, Windows Update, a bunch of incoherently named things... the list goes on.