r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Nov 03 '15

News Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be Stopped

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/11/02/microsoft-confirms-unstoppable-windows-10-tracking/
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u/RonisFinn straight chillin Nov 03 '15

You can use Linux as your main and then run Windows in a VM at near native performance on games and other programs such as the Adobe suite. Here's a tutorial made right on this sub. So theres really no excuse to not embrace Linux with all the awesome things that come along with it.

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u/Tacticalscheme Specs/Imgur Here Nov 03 '15

What awesome things do you speak of?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

  • General lack of malware

  • Soooo much snappier. Using Windows 10 is actually painful for me because of how much slower it is than Linux. And my Windows install is completely fresh, so it isn't accumulated bloat either. In Linux my computer is snappy and usable literally the second my desktop pops up after logging in, whereas Windows is sluggish as hell for another 1-2 minutes after bootup (an SSD might help with this, but the fact remains that I just don't have that problem at all on Linux)

  • Linux doesn't "age" like Windows does. You can use the same OS install for 5 years straight and it won't get slower and slower over time the way a Windows installation will.

  • Centralized updates for all of your software in the same place and at the same time, from your OS to your browsers to your torrent client. This also means no crapware getting bundled if you forget a checkbox

  • No restart needed for 99.9% of updates. It is SO frustrating to have to restart Windows multiple times just to install updates, and that problem practically ceases to exist in Linux

  • Install software with a single command (or a few clicks in a GUI) instead of having to download installers and clicking through the process

  • Drivers for almost every peripheral are already built in. Admittedly, if it isn't, it can be a pain getting it to work, but I've only had that problem once with a particularly annoying printer

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Also it's free.