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Forbes.com has published a piece by contributor Jason Evangelho entitled "5 Reasons You Should Switch From Windows To Linux Right Now".
When I published the highlights of my journey switching from Windows to Linux on my everyday laptop... it became one of my most viewed pieces this year. From where I'm sitting, that tells me a ton of people are interested -- are at least actively curious -- about ditching Windows and making the jump to Linux.
With that in mind, I wanted to present five reasons that may lead you to consider switching. Know that these are subjective, and they're targeted at the average Windows user and not folks who rely on Windows-exclusive applications for a paycheck.
One thing to know right up front: the modern Linux desktop OS is no longer the obtuse, bewildering and command line driven thing it used to be. Not remotely.
It's nice to see a free operating system getting some love in the mainstream press. Forbes running this article is more the story here than desktop Linux having advantages over Windows.
Be sure to read TFA to find out what the five reasons are. (Or see spoiler, below.)
1: Linux Gets Out Of Your Way
2: You're Not A Slave To The Terminal
3: Installing Software Is Even Easier
4: Updates aren't a headache. They're glorious
5: The Linux Community
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @09:26PM (1 child)
I think with Windows 10 it's fine now, even 7 was ok-ish, but installing Windows used to be hell, all from the install media not including the right drivers, not having the right partitioning options, not way to do a last-chance backup etc.
So I'm not surprised a developer would not want or even manage to do it.
Linux was really hard back in the slackware days (I mean, back when you bought slackware on CDs because nobody had internet). Ever since Ubuntu it has been at least equal to Windows though.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Wednesday July 25 2018, @08:36PM
I've always found Windows systems really easy to install and maintain. Mind you, I stopped even trying Windows after XP disappeared.
I just made sure of having a bit of disk storage free to install Linux in a dual boot, and used Linux to make regular backups of the entire Windows system to restore from.
This was especially useful during installation. I would switch in and out of Linux during every forced reboot to make another backup. And no, I didn't overwrite the old backup. As a result I had an easy fallback every time the Windows installer crashed. which was often.
-- hendrik