5 Reasons Windows is better than Linux!

Yes.
All the Linux problems boils down to that. If companies start giving some look at Linux and start doing things for linux, then we would have a killer OS.

But while we have people that say that Linux sucks and that it's free if you don't value your time, Linux would still suck in that part. So it means that is practically impossible that one day Linux would be a viable desktop is for everyone.

relatable

@Edward B Except that Linux is free

@Edward B It's just useless if you want to play games (and not all of them, because everyday there are a lot more) or if you need a specific software like photoshop.

In all the other meanings, and not just privacy, but eficency, security, stability, and basically everything.

We just need a bit more software to attract people. Then Linux would be hella better than Windows for everyone, and not just software related tasks or specialized cases.

UX is also not so great

@MC Plus Well, UX is somewhat personal, but yes, it should be a bit better in certain aspects.

But that depends on the distro and the desktop you use. Every day UX is getting better and better. But we don't have to forget that Linux comunity is not growing so much, and people in linux likes it the way it is. So the only way to do a real UX improvement is having more people and more feedback.

All software is compatible to some level or another, I don't play much games but everything has alternatives and the same could be installed on a Windows based OS.

I've been using Linux based operating systems now for over 4 years and have not yet encountered any issues, but when I used Windows 8 and upgraded to. 8.1 started to get BSOD issues every hour and couldn't get it fixed so had to move over to Linux.

@Edward B it doesn't fit your needs. Linux is mostly used for programing and servers. you don't need to program or run a server. that doesn't mean it garbage. Linux is great for other people. I use windows a lot but I'm often waiting for startup even after configuring it to startup faster. windows uses a lot or resources too. plus you can run wine on Linux to be able to open windows programs.

Otherwise linux best

@Edward B you can emulate windows on a computer with Linux

@Edward B bruh I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know basic terminal commands I'm not hating on windows I like it you should try everything deeply before you judge it

@Iván F. There is Steam Proton so gaming is A OK on Linux now!

Tux paint

The nerve on the guy

@Logicked Mazimoon nothing can replace the legendary MS Paint

@deaen paint 3d can

@Logicked Mazimoon never

@deaen it did tho

And why do you think windows is more popular?

There is big reason of GNU , BSD licenses, and non open source apps that is kind of a reason, but other are giving it anyway , so its just users demand and comfort, and the developers wishes.
At end of the day, no one compare Linux and android as much as Linux and windows or Linux and Mac os . what every developer faces is that they have to learn to use two or more OS always , and often it's Linux and windows , apple has its eco system fully covered anyway . so the more the famous and demanding the user are for devs to make app for other platforms , then only it is going to be solved

@MaxiHax the fact that most people use it

Do you even know that 90% of ur machines at home(tv,ur phone....ect) are all running linux

@Duje Mandalinic exactly agree with you on that. 👍👍

Linux based operating systems mostly have support from the community hence less breakage from my experience switching over from Windows 8.1.

I have also been using Linux based distro's for now over 4 years.

@MaxiHax Microsoft monopolies the market hence making it the defacto standard on every damn laptop/desktop.

Tbh ive always wanted to get started and either dual boot Linux or get an old laptop and fully install Linux on it. But im just nervous as to where to start tbh. I've stuck to vms which is terrible

Blue Nova people always unfairly favour the underdog

@2080 You talk stuff you don’t know about. Okay.

Did I ask

@Skylius didnt know what I would write would only be applicable to you and not the millions of potential other users of youtube there princess.

Todd MARTIN three words, endless anger

Dude epic

@mp4 that's sarcasm bro

That’s cursed setup

Chris Titus != Dio Titus
🤷‍♂️😂✌

But with WSL2 our communities will come together to form a joint cult

@Shalin Pather well talking about privacy or metadata
Everyone will go for linux

@Circuit Lover i will never leave windows 7 embedded posready edition

@Wolfpurr upto 2024 I guess 😜

@patioprimate unless you're playing games, or installing cracked game/software

@Circuit Lover if people are really concerned about privacy then no oke would use tiktok or any social media, stop shoving down things that people don't care about in general life.

@Random Guy ya i agree that it is not needed in general life, whatever OS we are using, the privacy is in our hands only

@Solvestram everything you said there I agree with I use macOS daily, and it's basically best of both worlds

@Solvestram wow, I rarely have any problems with MacOS or Linux. Although Apple uses planned obsolescence, and both MacOs and Windows spys on you. I run Fedora on numerous computers; with little to no problems. I control everything about my computer and decide every detail about how it runs. I haven't seen a hardware problem in years. I buy things without even considering if it works on Linux because it always will. I guarantee there is more development time into the Linux kernel than any other kernel. Plus most of the complaints in this video are no longer a problem. For instance i have a gaming rig running linux. Most games run in Proton, with no problems.
Also there are things that Windows use to run that no longer work, those generally work on Linux through wine. Plus I have ran MS Office on Linux with no problems. I now prefer vim, or LibreOffice though. Don't see the appeal to windows or macs any longer. I only use them cuz I have to.

@Jerry Lineberry Agreed.
It's an outdated discussion.
OS like Ubuntu already offers extensive support right out of the box.
Also it's just a faster operating system.

@Insight a RX 560 can do better than a 1050 ti in read dead redemption 2 because of support to vulkan and recording and transmitting/gamestream somehow has less impact on the AMD GPU even I f they use software acceleration and not Hardware specifically for this which is weird and astonishing at the same time.

@Nooneof Urbusines what you are talking about?

@Insight RX 5600 XT for better price on my country of course. I don't know about other country since price varies a lot

@WhyItMatters? Rtx 20 series price goes down after launching of 3000 series..

But Nvidia GPUs are too good Linux only problem is software compatibility

Except that they don't make competitive GPUs on the mid-high end.....

@T λ C O. phox no one was talking about how competive their gpus are, were talking about open source drivers

@Apol The problem is that no one fucking uses them. The benefit doesn't matter if like 0.3% of the market has AMD graphics on Linux.

Linux on the desktop is a fucking meme. It's just eugh. It's a solid server OS, I'll happily use it over Windows Server but my god is Linux Desktop a trashfire.

@T λ C O. phox somebody introduce this man to popOS. It's a better desktop experience than windows hands down

@Daniel Johnson still like vanilla Ubuntu more ngl

@Cybercery Nvidia is a scummy company and I will never use their products again plus the new amd's are better

Did I ask

Yeahhhh no... windows vms are bad. Mainly because unless your willing to fork out more money to buy another gpu. Your running that vm with Microsoft Basic Display Drivers

No it's a matter of do you value your privacy or do you want your information out in the open

Larri þyrnir so that can influence your decision, but in the end arguing over it is honestly pointless and annoying

@Twisted LoopS do you use arch be any chance?

Larri þyrnir no

@Twisted LoopS thank god

@dda not necessarily

Discussion can be useful.

Also: Linux is the best. There's a reason servers, scientists and programmers use it. ;)

@eqnawr Linux/Gnu

Bruh.

@Insight Look i am not bashing Windoows here that i need to be told to have common sense. But let me tell you its a fact, virus and malware is a mess in Windoows.

@Insight Have you tried both?

Anomaly Detection Algorithm I’m with anomaly because Windows Defender is amazing, also if you’re getting viruses then that’s your fault, viruses come from social engineering. If you fell for something that got you a virus. That’s on you, not on Windows

@Skylius I Agree

True

r/justsawalinuxuser

No.

Seeing how linux is the least popular OS(after the OS from small companies/some random people) i don't think so. Plus, the Unix(which is basically linux) was made EVEN BEFORE WINDOWS, yet most of the people used DOS.

Blue Slime Linux is the majority of alternative operating systems. No one’s writing their own kernel, so its marker share basically reflects non-windows non-mac machines

@xOr libre is not as good as ms office it's a fact.linux was never meant for home desktops or for office use.

@xOr data scientist use numpy and pandas only analysts use spreadsheet. I am an ML developer myself. Well I am sure the superior user interface and the OCR integration is not included in libre office. First and foremost you get what you pay for.

You are the one who said data scientists require libre office either way your opinion is yours I respect it but ..... Whatever. Have you seen the table extraction from scanned slips using Microsoft office . Libre is way behind because of it being open source people need to support these developers for exceptional features what I am saying is it can't compete with ms office pace of development.
And it's really annoying to have this conversation right after you said data scientists rely on libre office .
I do not think you understand what GUI means .

I've run MS Office in wine, but seriously nothing i do can't be done in VIM with LaTeX or Libreoffice. I have a license for Office but don't use it.

withoutcommentary2233 what is that supposed to mean, he literally said that if you want to be part of the computer community you need to respect other people’s OSs. Jesus did you not even watch it

@xOr Except the joke looks like it's not even a joke.

@Green nahh i take that as a joke

@BismoB Thanks for reminding me that you are the only one human who has planets revolving around him.

@xOr didn't laugh or didn't see the humor in what the person said, though

@Green ookay lol

@Green eye of cthulhu

@Gabriel That's cool, but i don't play terraria anymore

Even his phone is running linux

@Galih Prakoso you just described his joke

He just explained 5 reasons there is

Just start using Linux and u will get what I mean.

@Abraham Yonas Bruh...

Cool, but i can avoid auto-updates just by being on ultimate version of windows 7.

You clearly haven't installed Debian 10

Richard Ojo i used debian for almost 3 years ago and before 6 months I switched to mx linux ...(debian always rocks👍)

Sorry if I got something wrong. From my experience Debian was ridiculously bloated and I manually had to remove all the stuff I didn't need. In the worst case scenario, some wouldn't even show up in Gnome Applications (or whatever it was called) so I would have to guess the package name before I could remove it.

Anyways, every operating system has their pros and cons, so I think we should respect peoples' choices.

Richard Ojo try netinstall iso no bloatware nothing

If u use windows I suggest u to use windows debloater ... windows was heavy a lot and im not telling windows was bad 👍

@patioprimate Okay, then show me the unsecure things windows has. (Unless you're joking)

@patioprimate Windows isn't a OS tho, it's a series.

Cringe

Guess so since you don't wanna explain more

Or maybe because linux and windows have different file extensions because windows was based on DOS and linux was based on unix...

@Green no because you can easily run DOS programs on Linux with things like dosemu.

In fact, open source software like Mozilla and Libreoffice runs on all operating systems without any problems. MS office doesn't because Microsoft wants to trap you in.

@hamobu Program ISN'T FUCKING OS.

@hamobu Plus, Microsoft already has it's own OS, why would they mess around with porting the office litteraly to every distirbution?

@Green Microsoft doesn't have to port anything. Open source developers work on wine, which is a layer of windows API that allows windows programs to run on Linux. In the past Microsoft would use tools prevented you from installing office on wine. Lately they came out in support of wine, but still every new version of office somehow doesn't work on wine and it takes wine developers years to reverse engineer and make it compatible. Basically Microsoft is engineering their product to trap you in.

Similar story is true with ms office file formats. Microsoft makes it hard for any other software to open files created in MS office, while it's easy for MS office to open files created in Libreoffice for example.

@hamobu Okay, then show me the tools.

@Green what tools?

@hamobu "Microsoft would use tools that prevented you from installing office on Wine"

@Green things like using it's anti-piracy tools to block updates to wine users.

@hamobu Using anti-piracy tools is okay, since the office is for windows, not linux.

@Green no it isn't. Those were not pirated copies. You should be able to run the software you pay for how you want to.

@hamobu They are technically pirated since using another os to use something made for specific os is technically pirating.

@hamobu They are technically pirated since using another os to use something made for specific os is technically pirating.

@Green no it isn't. You are making crap up.

@BigChonk13 piracy is using a product without paying for it. Once you pay for it it's yours and your money is Microsofts. Do you get to tell Microsoft how to spend your money?

@hamobu pretty sure in the EULA ( the long text you and I just agree and never read) it says to not reverse engineering the office suite nor using it in another OS...

@Fabrice Balan you have rights as a consumer that you can't give up with a EULA. Even so, that demonstrates that Microsoft engineers it's products to suck money out of users. Imagine a car that can only run on more expensive gas from manufacturer. That's the kind of abuse that computer users think is a norm.

@hamobu but you agree to their term. I mean they don't just decide to change it without letting you know. About your example, you already know you can only get gas from a company and you still accept to buy the car so you can't complain... the key point is you agree to use it like that, they don't force you to buy it.

@Fabrice Balan you're assuming that consumers have perfect knowledge and are making choices knowing full well all the future consequences. That is simply not practically possible. You need a law degree, finance degree and engineering degree to figure out all the ways that companies screw you. People necessarily need to make decisions blindly. Companies are relying on this.

And in fact even companies themselves don't read their own EULA. At one point EULA for iTunes for windows stated that you can only install it on a Mac.

@hamobu Your Have made a conflict With Us.

Akira Kurusu,The only person here who has logic is.....YOU

@Insight Linux is not meant for general people. It's meant for developers

@Insight Most of the dev use Mac or Linux because it's good for development whereas windows is not good at this part. Development section is totally a different thing. And not only development part linux is good at hacking section. When you ask developer or hacker they will definitely prefer Linux other then different OS. If you are a general person who like games then windows is heaven. If you are a developer who like to experiment with things and other things then linux is here. Mac comes between them. Mac can be use on development section and also can be used like editing, creating ppt etc. That's why dev use Mac for this reason because it can do both. So it's no point to compare this OS. They have there own pros and cons. And they work differently.

D

I have heard otherwise, glad to know it works for you.

This is sarcasm right?

​@Manu Shanbhog no, I think for the printer I have hp never released proper drivers for mac and windows. I initially thought it was broken, but for whatever reason Linux doesn't seem to have a problem with it.

It does

Cool, but windows can be more secure just by using your brain.

@Ninjaf8 It's gratis, not free as in freedom

Yeah.. jumping through a lot of hoops making things work for every unsupported programs just to avoid the one time payment and turning off some "questionable privacy" settings..

Windows is basically free though

woodenaxe yeah Windows is literally free wat

Windows is free

@Chad TV "free as in beer, not as in speech". Look up that sentence, to understand the freedom that Linux provides. Also with windows and MacOS you are the product. Same goes with Google products.

@Jerry Lineberry What...

@Green The Windows 10 price is free, while it has nothing to do with freedom. It really isn't free because Microsoft spies on its users. I'm sure knowing as much about you helps them monitize you. There is a huge market in selling information to companies. Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook do this as well. I'm not so sure about Twitter and Mozilla. Either way you are the product. With Linux (and BSD variants) you are not spied on, by the Kernel. Also, with Linux you can view the code behind the kernel, you can modify it, you can share it, you sell it, you can control and customize every detail of Linux.

Of course, you can put Chrome, Gmail, or other software on your Linux computer that will still spy on you, but it doesn't do it by default.

@dda fighting? Where did you get that idea?

Driver support is great nowadays.
Ubuntu just works.

@eqnawr well... Another reason I'm still on windows is because I can't play games I like without anticheat fucking it up

AVgalaxyy? Its an os mostly run on ovens and toasters. Pretty usefull if u want to toast breads from ur room. Ive installed it on all my appliances

Random Center360 it’s being pushed more for gaming and normal use nowadays. Lots of games just work out of the box with Proton and things have gotten very user friendly for normal use with some good alternatives to Windows software that an average user might use. My family actually uses Linux for normal use on the family PC so

lol u smol brain

What do you run?

@Larri þyrnir windows 10 and arch linux

@mp4 the hell are you talking about

Why was my comment removed?

@Larri þyrnir You only ever commented "what do you run?", that comment is still thete

@Darkwing Dumpling i thought i wrote a comment saying that i had a suspicion that were an arch user

@Larri þyrnir What Happened Tho?

@Alex my memory failed me

@Larri þyrnir Rip

@Alex 🤡

He has good points. Windows is top 1 operating system for a reason. I've used Manjaro and Mint on my gaming pc and laptop and gaming is horrible on linux never use it for gaming.

@Roberson I use Linux all the time for Linux, all my favorite games run perfectly on my ubuntu distro and I rarely run into issues

"Windows has hundreds of distros" Ah, so now we call every single development release which is used for testing purposes, small updates and not official windows variations another versions of Windows?

@Roberson I use wine or something like that if I can't run it natively.

@Green cause obv Ubuntu 19.04 and 20.04 is a whole different distro, duh

What about if i want to play Rainbow Six Siege or Dead by daylight? Yeah i can't on linux because anti cheat doesn't let me. I really dislike that because i play those and also other non linux native multiplayer games. You even get banned on Destiny 2 playing via proton.

@Roberson Well, those games may be intended only for windows users to play so...

@Green exactly

@Roberson And almost every gaming computer has windows as an os so...

Not in all cases, Im doing school work and zoom calls in linux perfectly and I dont have to pay for windows.

@dda it is but im also an advocate of free and open source

Pixil Sonic55 No some are but some aren’t.

Also linux can run windows with VM

Windows has Linux built in

@Blue Nova Some distributions of GNU/Linux have WINE built in, which is basically the same thing.

Laughing Orange except wine is way behind on everything and is literally trash compared to running native Windows. Use a KVM, and you can call it Linux by the way.

@Skylius lol, That's why I have both on separate hard drives

@Skylius Really, have you seen that with Steam Proton, many Windows games preform equally or better on Linux than in Windows? I am amazed by the DXVK compatibility layer which uses WINE at its base. Vulkan is better than DX9 or DX11. Also, when was the last time you used Wine, or Proton? Got to thank Valve for funding Proton. Give it a few years, Valve will make it all games run on Proton and then launch a service like GeforceNow. They'd save millions by not paying Microsoft for licenses. BTW, WSL is an ELF compatibility layer from what I understand. The reason it works so well is because linux is open source. Unfortunately Microsoft will use their typical methodology on Linux of "Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish". Its why they are on the Linux Foundation's board of directors. Its like putting DeJoy as the Postmaster General. They have an interest in harming it.

Jerry Lineberry Gotta respect you responding with me with research and more dedication than just “linux better lol”. Yeah I agree that it’s getting better. When I used linux years ago I was dumbfounded by how terrible support for things was. I remember it being bad in the early 2000s but I kinda expected that, it was the early 2000s after all. But I’m early 2010 it was still awful, I come back to Linux I’m 2019 after using it occasionally over the years and now people are actually doing something about it. Really glad to see that. Hopefully one day for gamers it’s never a “Windows is better for me” and instead it’s just a choice of preference.

Tangent though: comparing Vulcan to DX9 or DX11 isn’t a good comparison, most people use DX12. Which does actually increase performance and keep slowdowns from happening on older cards. I do like Vulkan though, every game that uses has Vulkan API support, I use Vulkan.

Linux has its faults so does Windows. That's why I'm getting them both

@mp4 wut?

it's a pop os wallpaper

drivers, capabilities

it is

Theyre all valid tbh

@Logicked Mazimoon supperior driver compatibility( wrong) ??? Challenge installing drivers on Linux (wrong) ???? Too many distros and choice (There needs to be more distros and more package mangers and more fragmentation) ?? Those are not good valid points.

These points are simply opinion

@Alpha BennyRosy thank you for explaining

@Alpha BennyRosy What Do You Mean?!?!

@Alex I mean that his points are not valid in my opinion. Installing drivers on Linux is easier then windows, the more distros and choice the better for the user.

@Alpha BennyRosy How? I'm Not trying to hurt your opinions But...

Delusional

Not in program compatibility.

Delusional

If they exist. There is hardware out there that does not have Linux drivers. Not even unofficial ones.

@Ace I find that so rare, I think things are more difficult in the Windows and MacOS world. I buy hardware all the time, without even considering whether it will work on Linix, because it almost always does. Ive had more device errors on Windows. And on MacOS, the situation is even worst.

Link Geming not quite

Ben Mac83 what do you mean by not quite?

Well. It’s kind of difficult

Linux is evolving. Very very fast. This means some distros such as Ubuntu are getting ready to be a full replacement for things like windows 10. There’s a much lower entry level now. And most users could just swap. Maybe someone with little to no knowledge couldn’t even detect Kali Linux undercover mode.

@Tea Spill Studios what about macOS no drivers for MacBooks are a pretty big issue

Gnu/linux

Nolan donovan a family of operating systems. Android is a good example of an OS based on it

Starman noice lmao

@mp4 Stop Lying!!!

That's it no more open gl for you

used to be paid. Now its free

technically free if you use laptops, since you pay for the laptop, not the os.

he's showing both sides of the argument, like anyone should

These emulaters aren't that good there was a security flaw associated with it

WINE IS NOT (AN) EMULATOR. lol besides that, wine is trash

@Skylius yeah it is not i was wrong i agree it is trash

Wine can’t run all .exe files. When I switched to Linux I could play a lot of the games I liked. That’s why I have Windows on my pc and Linux on my laptop.

shahnewaz zwaki just a money grab

GreenyFE2 chill out Microsoft fanboy

BigChonk13 HAHHAAHHA THANK YOU. Half the people here barely speak English. I bet their true reason is because they’re too poor to buy or too stupid to pirate

BigChonk13 Lol wat, I was legit agreeing with you

@BigChonk13 Bonkers Had We had Not You This could've been perfect.

That one

windows xp better than all prove me wrong

But true

Privacy issues is related to the user. If the user does not know how to use the device, that is his/her concern. Windows is still much more secure than you guys are thinking.

@Logan T I am a 3 years experienced Ubuntu user actually, wtf?

@woosal1337 So am I. Your first comment came across as butthurt. Maybe try and word your sentences better to avoid confusion.

Windows is free

@Chad TV lol

@Chad TV windows can be used for free but it isn't "free"

Abhrajyoti Yea it can be used for free but the is a little water mark on the bottoms right. To remove it you have to pay. I never had that watermark because every computer I got came with Windows key for free.

At least linux sucks

@GreenyFE2 why?

Dario don’t mind him his just a Microsoft fanboy kid who doesn’t even know how to use Linux

@BigChonk13 free as in freedom

@BigChonk13 i'm not even from america lmao

Yup everyone love the free word but still there is some price to pay for it too

You can actually get Windows for free

@Chad TV how?

Spoiler Hunter Microsoft gives everyone a free download the only thing is that there is a small watermark one the bottoms right and you can’t change your background.

Joe Jackman there was no sarcasm

no it's a great argument

@Filip ok smol brain lmao

@Logan T care to elaborate?

Wut?

@Itachi uchiha script kiddie........

@ash hkz oh

what? just use your brain and you won't get a virus.

@Shashank Naithani i don't follow.

@Shashank Naithani First, horrible grammar. Second, misspelling of the word "Windows". And third, basic "insult".

@Green haha tru dat

@Shashank Naithani Fun fact: I typed my previous comment from mobile.

Linux will have tons of virus when your linux-popularity-beats-windows wet dream comes true

@Faisal Hanif I am a programmer so Linux is best for me. Its robust as compared to windows. I can change anything on linux where on windows you have to waste a lot of time.

@Shashank Naithani you're comfortable with Linux, fine. But that doesn't mean you should shit on Windows users who are comfortable with Windows. That's one of the reason why people hate the linux toxic community. There are also programmers out there who also uses Windows, its nothing special or worth mentioning.

@Faisal Hanif window is hit and will be shit there are many reasons . enjoy ur windows

Faisal Hanif Of course

@Shashank Naithani I use both and I know both OS have their advantages so please, where is your manners 🙁🙁

@Shashank Naithani amazing grammar 10/10

@Shashank Naithani yeah i agree. "windows is hit"

@Filip lmaooo

@Nitrous Soda sorry brother if I offended you I use both OS too. However, I was not here to change anyone or to fight just shared my opinion. So lets see what other guys like or not as a healthy discussion.

@Nitrous Soda Gone When windows started looting

Shashank Naithani enjoy your English lessons

@Skylius Send me 1 million Dollars if you cares so much otherwise keep your mouth shut or speak about OS.

Shashank Naithani id rather not contribute to a one sided conversation, I’m only here to troll extremists like you

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣

@Alex Keep laughing but window will be shit forever, Babies use window not professional coders

He fell for the arch meme