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I'm staying away from Windows as much as I can. The Windows 10 home edition is so bloated with nonsense applications (of which some can't be removed directly).

I'm staying away from Windows as much as I can. The Windows 10 home edition is so bloated with nonsense applications (of which some can't be removed directly). Also, it is odd that there are still some icons and popups that have this old Vista (and sometimes even 98) style. So incredibly messy. The entire thing feels like an American commercial during the super bowl. Bleh. I truly believe that my hardware running a Linux OS gets to live a longer, healthier and happier life than if it was running a Windows OS.

mirker 5y ago
A family member had a slow windows install. I checked the system utilization, suspecting paging. Guess what: 3/4 GB of the laptop were used by windows, leaving 1GB for all other applications. Apparently, deprecation via automatic updates is in, and it comes with candy crush. I installed Ubuntu 10 minutes later.
- dehrmann 5y ago
  4 GB, especially if you don't have an SSD, isn't really enough for Windows 10. > I installed Ubuntu I did this once and regretted it. Except for OS itself, nothing quite worked reliably, and you're basically the only person who can help them if it has problems.
  - mirker 5y ago
    The problem is low-end laptops ship with Windows barely working, then Windows inevitably bloats itself and more-or-less bricks the device. I agree that many won’t like Linux due to it being different, but it’s at least functional in this case. The web browser feels the same, at least, which is enough for casual users.
  - fsflover 5y ago
    Worked fine for my case, no problems were reported.
    - oblio 5y ago
      They probably just stopped using those devices, use their smartphone for everything, and just don't complain to you anymore because you're the weird condescending techie. I'm only half joking here :-p