And every time, Microsoft launches a Windows version this question gets shriller.
The same has happened now when Microsoft released the latest Windows 10 operating system.
But can this be a sole point in judging whether Linux is best operating system of them all?
The main features of Linux are:
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However, Windows scores on grounds of better user acceptance and availability of tonnes of Apps and games.
When the same question was asked on Reddit in a Linux sub, there were several interesting replies.
Albeit if only for a little while.
I didnt quite understand what Linux was, but I was only 14 at the time.
Its safe to say, I love Linux.
Having come full circle, Im back to Fedora quite some years later as its now Fedora 23.
Undoubtedly, Linux has come a very long way.
However, Linux still has that perception of being complex and troublesome.
But that perception could not be further from the truth in 2016.
Nothing proved that to me more than my recent experience with the latest flagship from Microsoft Windows 10.
Its been quite some time since I made a coffee and impatiently watched my updates installing.
But, like everything, Windows deserves to flaunt its most recent improvements.
As such, I chose to install Windows 10 in KVM under Fedora 23.
I then port forwarded RDP ports through to the VM and used RDP from my Mac.
To be fair, its a pretty genuine experience.
I noticed that there is an option to change it to fullscreen.
So far, Im impressed, even if just for the aesthetics.
But I didnt want to stop there.
I wanted to use this as an everyday user who just picked up their shiny new laptop.
Thats ok, I can follow how things work here.
I punch in my url into the search bar, and press enter.
Ok, so Bing isnt great, but everything has been relatively intuitive up until this point.
Im sure I can change that to Google.
I move into the options of Edge and see the option to change your search bar search engine.
But why would such an option exist after finding it, Im not allowed to utilise it?
I go back to my home page and search for how to do it.
Sure enough it did.
Why can I not just key in a search engine?
Have to download PuTTy.
But of cause you’re gonna wanna download one of them.
Why is this the most popular Operating System?
Why is THIS the OS that people choose to make games for, develop software for and profit from?
The moral of this story is, yes, Windows 10 might be pretty.
Windows 10 might support all of your favourite games.
But in 2016, there is nothing this OS does that Linux can not.
More importantly, Linux wont get in the way while youre doing it.
More and more games are being developed and released on Linux.
Linux stability has never been better.
That has to be a benefit.
Linux is just better, for anyone.
Other Reddit users also put forth their views.
P4p3r:Windows 10 is only pretty if you only use modern apps and never leave the desktop.
The UI is really inconsistent, you’re free to adjust parameters in multiple places…
It is a disaster if you go more than surface deep.
Also, it really looks like plasma 5s breeze theme.
The SolidState:Oh the parameters are so annoying.
Theres a parameters app(?)
in the start menu that looks all pretty and windows10-like, but the setting youre looking for isnt there.
Blackomegax:Other than games and work I dont use Windows anymore.
And even GAMES arent an issue anymore.
I have more on steam than Ill ever be able to play for years and years on.
It is literally the biggest bottleneck for getting people to switch.
Martinidude:Ive been using Linux since about a month after Windows 10 came out.
Ive tried it before, but this was the first time it stuck.
I still dual boot for one or two programs for which I havent been able to find acceptable alternatives.
To run Linux you have to reinstall the OS which is too much for most people.
Many people dont even know what Linux is.
Plus, Windows has an absolute stranglehold on the corporate desktop market especially with the Microsoft Office platform.
So my question is what is different now?
How can Linux on the desktop overcome the momentum of Windows and to some degree Apple?
PoetheProgrammer:Because the Operating System has become irrelevant, and most people no longer even need a PC.
source: www.techworm.net
