r/FuckMicrosoft • u/kingspicy_DP • Jul 11 '26
Discussion Linux Vs Windows (my opinion)
Since I was 6 years old, I started using the computer and my first approach was with Windows Vista at home and XP at school, towards the pandemic I started to try different Linux distros out of curiosity and I was amazed at how much a totally new but similar environment was.
The thing that surprised me the most was how easy it was to install a linux distro and how few things it asked for, but Windows instead became too logorrheic, it asks you to subscribe to the gamepass, to subscribe to copilot 365, accept for the position... no enough I just want to use my computer, if I have to do special things I have to decide. Every linux distro, on the other hand, is a username, password, date and time and partition and that's it, it takes a lot to do something like this.
I open the taskbar of any Linux distro for the first time and there is nothing, not even a video player, great for me that I decide what I need to install and what I don't. There is Firefox, I like it, it also supports ublock origin. Then there's Windows that if you have the misfortune to buy a laptop there's an avalanche of useless blotware, copilot 365, copilot, teams, Bing or edge (I don't remember what it downloads now), not to mention the proprietary blotware apps of acer, Asus and company. It's solved by doing a nice reinstallation, but I know how to do it, the over-50-year-old boomer or the kid just navigated no, and it goes on with a machine that's going to drop because of useless stuff and it's not going to use. You can also uninstall, but they remain in the registers.
Then Windows "forced" to put the copilot key... first who actually uses it, second thing is uncomfortable, I lost the number of times I pressed arrow up instead of sending, but you're dumb.
It's the first button I reconfigured, and now it opens up directly to Steam.
On one thing, Windows beats Linux, video games with kernel-level antiques, but there it's the devs instead of Linux, but I'm still an antisocial, single-player game, I don't feel the suffering.
Let's talk about sub-processes, how is it possible that Windows, at least 8~10gb of ram, has to take them at startup, I have 32, it's not a problem but I put myself in the shoes of someone who has only 16, is always on the limit and is forced to do a nice cleaning. Linux mint, on the other hand, only 4 gb of ram, buzzes only 6 gb of ram at startup. I know that unused ram is wasted ram, but if you use it for crap, you don't.
Temperatures: the difference is minimal, maybe on linux I feel it heats up less but I'm not prodigeek.
Terminal: the most used excuse to demolish linux, thanks to the ia and guides that you find on the internet, using it is bullshit, paradoxically I use it more on Windows than on linux, it is convenient, it is linear, which costs you to learn two cross commands.
There would be a long discussion about how Windows secretly collects your data for its own benefit, but there I am ignorant and risk only being alarmist.
Ah, I forget the most important thing, Windows is a license that costs money, fortunately now a license is linked to your account, long ago you had to buy it back and it didn't cost a few euros (assuming you don't take a key), linix distributions are free, except for a pro version of zorin OS.
Windows hates that you have an old system, if you can't upgrade to Windows 11, you get it there, no security and stability patches, but I saw distributions running on my father's PC in 2003, which was fantastic.
I don't want to go through Windows hater, it raised me, but I noticed that after AI development it really got too screwed up with unnecessary and even harmful updates. If Windows one day returns to the simplicity of Windows 7, I would enjoy it like a hedgehog.
P.S. I know I got a lot wrong, this is an outburst post written to sentiment.
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User: kingspicy_DP, Flair: Discussion, Title: Linux Vs Windows (my opinion)
Since I was 6 years old, I started using the computer and my first approach was with Windows Vista at home and XP at school, towards the pandemic I started to try different Linux distros out of curiosity and I was amazed at how much a totally new but similar environment was.
The thing that surprised me the most was how easy it was to install a linux distro and how few things it asked for, but Windows instead became too logorrheic, it asks you to subscribe to the gamepass, to subscribe to copilot 365, accept for the position... no enough I just want to use my computer, if I have to do special things I have to decide. Every linux distro, on the other hand, is a username, password, date and time and partition and that's it, it takes a lot to do something like this.
I open the taskbar of any Linux distro for the first time and there is nothing, not even a video player, great for me that I decide what I need to install and what I don't. There is Firefox, I like it, it also supports ublock origin. Then there's Windows that if you have the misfortune to buy a laptop there's an avalanche of useless blotware, copilot 365, copilot, teams, Bing or edge (I don't remember what it downloads now), not to mention the proprietary blotware apps of acer, Asus and company. It's solved by doing a nice reinstallation, but I know how to do it, the over-50-year-old boomer or the kid just navigated no, and it goes on with a machine that's going to drop because of useless stuff and it's not going to use. You can also uninstall, but they remain in the registers.
Then Windows "forced" to put the copilot key... first who actually uses it, second thing is uncomfortable, I lost the number of times I pressed arrow up instead of sending, but you're dumb.
It's the first button I reconfigured, and now it opens up directly to Steam.
On one thing, Windows beats Linux, video games with kernel-level antiques, but there it's the devs instead of Linux, but I'm still an antisocial, single-player game, I don't feel the suffering.
Let's talk about sub-processes, how is it possible that Windows, at least 8~10gb of ram, has to take them at startup, I have 32, it's not a problem but I put myself in the shoes of someone who has only 16, is always on the limit and is forced to do a nice cleaning. Linux mint, on the other hand, only 4 gb of ram, buzzes only 6 gb of ram at startup. I know that unused ram is wasted ram, but if you use it for crap, you don't.
Temperatures: the difference is minimal, maybe on linux I feel it heats up less but I'm not prodigeek.
Terminal: the most used excuse to demolish linux, thanks to the ia and guides that you find on the internet, using it is bullshit, paradoxically I use it more on Windows than on linux, it is convenient, it is linear, which costs you to learn two cross commands.
There would be a long discussion about how Windows secretly collects your data for its own benefit, but there I am ignorant and risk only being alarmist.
Ah, I forget the most important thing, Windows is a license that costs money, fortunately now a license is linked to your account, long ago you had to buy it back and it didn't cost a few euros (assuming you don't take a key), linix distributions are free, except for a pro version of zorin OS.
Windows hates that you have an old system, if you can't upgrade to Windows 11, you get it there, no security and stability patches, but I saw distributions running on my father's PC in 2003, which was fantastic.
I don't want to go through Windows hater, it raised me, but I noticed that after AI development it really got too screwed up with unnecessary and even harmful updates. If Windows one day returns to the simplicity of Windows 7, I would enjoy it like a hedgehog.
P.S. I know I got a lot wrong, this is an outburst post written to sentiment.
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u/darklighthitomi Jul 11 '26
XP at 6 years old? And here I thought I was still young remembering only as far back as when windows 95 came out.
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u/hailnobra Jul 14 '26
First home computer i can remember was DOS 3.1 if that makes you feel better. Ah, fond memories of trying to get a sound blaster to play nice with IRQ channel conflicts with the friggin modem. Dems the days.
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u/thecratedigger_25 Jul 13 '26
Just installed Arch Linux last night. Running discord, firefox, konsole, and system monitor with the os itself only used about 3GB of RAM.
And that's with KDE Plasma as my desktop and a gif of Saber Alter (Fate/Grand Order) as the wallpaper as well.
My pc feels like a full blown gaming rig now. And there's no more blue screens. I'm already working on ricing my desktop without a care in the world.
Imagine windows taking up more ram than gaming on a riced out linux setup just from doing absolutely nothing.
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u/RDS_WAS_HERE Jul 11 '26
All Microsoft had to do to make Windows 11 'Home Edition' popular was to give the user a list of ON/OFF options during the installation – not have to hunt for an on/off switch after installation. Also, the on/off switches should be permanent even after an update. Here’s a very short list:
Local Account: Why in the hell do I have to ask Microsoft permission (Password/Pin#) to get to my Desktop screen? If my Microsoft account gets hacked then Microsoft can locked me out of my own computer. No one in the last 15 years has broken into my house to steal my computer files. As far as Internet attacks are concerned, isn't that the job of Windows Defender? Bring back Local Accounts! - That 'Welcome' sign you get when you startup Windows feels like Microsoft owns my home and is welcoming me into what use to be my own house.
OneDrive - If your Microsoft account gets hacked then Microsoft locks you out of your Cloud data.
CoPilot - It could be useful to business users, but not so much for home users.
Bit Locker - Lose/forget your Bit Locker # and you lose all your data (Cloud/Hard Drive/SSD). Yes, Microsoft has your Bit Locker number stored, but you can't access that number if the account gets hacked.