• Most experts agree Linux is safer than Windows

  • All scientific supercomputers use Linux

  • Professional hackers use Linux

  • Linux is the undisputed backbone of internet servers

  • Critical military infrastructure relies on Linux

Microsoft’s revenue was $300 Billion last year. They have UNLIMITED ressources.

So why is Windows still worse than Linux ?

    • Baggie@lemmy.zip
      2·
      8 days ago

      The answer is user awareness, brand loyalty and fear of the unknown. Windows is the devil you know, most of the people I game with are scared of the instability of Linux, despite it being roughly equal if not better.

      I think standardizing the user experience, making things less scary and generally more welcoming are major hurdles, but the good news is that should come with time and a larger userbase.

      • CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca
        2·
        8 days ago

        Windows just works. I installed Linux on my older laptop and it couldn’t see any of my network shares. “Where do I click the button for sharing?” God, that would be too easy. Nope, start editing config files to configure samba. I just want to access files.

        • Baggie@lemmy.zip
          1·
          7 days ago

          Samba is indeed an annoyance, at least in the initial setup. In good faith though, does windows just work? Because there’s a habit for windows updates to break file sharing pretty regularly, not to mention permissions issues.

          There’s a lot of work people put into windows that they just don’t realise because they’ve been in the ecosystem for that long. Having been on both sides for a bit now, Linux requires a hell of a lot less regular maintenance than windows needed. Sure I’m a power user, but I think that Linux is getting better and better all the time for general users.

          • CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca
            1·
            7 days ago

            When the user base is as large as Windows, plus people run it on whatever crap they have, there are bound to be some issues. I am running Win11 on unsupported hardware without issues. I can’t remember the last time I needed to edit the registry. Yes, Windows just works.

    • soEZ@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 days ago

      Office, the fucking office suit everyone and thier grandma uses that does not work with alternative that run nativity on Linux… ugh…i mean office works bearly between two windows machines…so its not like the open source community did not give it a try, but the random proprietary standard in .doc/docx etc …just locks us in…

      • CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca
        1·
        8 days ago

        I use LibreOffice and Office, and I much prefer Office. LibreOffice uses docx files just like Word does.