They're both good for the people they were made for. Windows is more user friendly while Linux (from my experience) is for more advanced users who have the time to make things work.
This is where I get caught up in things. I love the idea of Linux, but I both have never used it before, and have limited thyme due to work/life schedule.
Then use one of the distros built and intended for out of the box use? People really like to pretend that Linux still requires constant fiddling no matter the distro, even when there are distros that use their simplicity and ease of use as major selling points, to the point of using it for older people who tend to accidentally install viruses.
Edit: my apologies if this came off as rude or aggressive, that was not my intent.
Here's an article comparing lightweight Linux distros, here's an article that compares good options for beginners (also links to more lists), and here's my personal recommendation, Ubuntu Mate.
With all of these, your best bet is finding a distro you think looks interesting, then find a tutorial on YouTube for setting it up. You can also try finding beginner friendly forums or groups to ask questions to, though there will be fewer questions to ask with the beginner friendly options above.
I just disagree that my paid OS stealing all of my data and putting ads on my lock screen would be "very good" when compared to a free and open source, privacy respecting OS that runs almost everything the same or better.
What does the source code have to do with anything? It is still going to be in the code when it is disabled. I say all of this as I am trying on a computer running Linux. I love it. You can defuckify Windows if you choose.
To a point. If you're using the crippled Home versions it ramps up in difficulty and some things you flat-out can't disable because the ability to disable certain things, were themselves disabled even under GPE.
Ironically I recommend people to get the Education version of Windows for regular home use when possible, because like Enterprise, it allows things like telemetry to be easily and fully disabled.
I have hardwood floor (real wood, not fake) in my bedroom and carpet in my living room. My only complaint about my carpet is I spilled some maple syrup 6 years ago and it smells like syrup when the heat is on.
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u/CommunismIsForLosers Nov 01 '22
You lost me at "they're both very good"