> Linux doesn't technically come with those either; they're all separate programs that distributions happen to include. But isn't Windows more like "a distribu

> Linux doesn't technically come with those either; they're all separate programs that distributions happen to include. But isn't Windows more like "a distribution of Linux" than "the bare Linux kernel"? When I choose to trust a distribution of Linux (or a BSD or any other complete operating system) I extend that trust to the ecosystem's package manager which usually includes mechanisms for verification. Downloading putty is not a case of trying to connect to a Linux host, though, and SSH is not a linux-only (or even linux originated) protocol. I was just looking at OneGet and it seems like a huge boon to the Windows ecosystem. From my limited research Windows 10 looks pretty nice and is the first version since XP that I may be interested in using.