Is Linux better than Windows?

[@nadtz]

'Better" is relative if you can't get your work done. If you can do what you want/need to do in Linux and are willing to deal with the learning curve (which honestly isn't bad these days depending on distro) it might be an option, if not use something that works for you.

[@georgygursky4303]

Yes it is, end of discussion.

[@DjF1986HAFHde]

I first moved to Linux in 2008 and have been full-time using Linux since 2014.

[@PC4USE1]

I am not a programmer. Modern Linux,with few exceptions,can be easily utilized by beginners. Even if you need to use the command line,there is someone in the community from whom you can copy and paste the necessary commands. Windows 'advantages' are due to there being a vast majority of software developed for it. I love not having Mssrs.Gates and co giving my PC a daily exam.

[@michaelgreaves2375]

Just a few years ago when I started with Linux, some endeavors required the CLI. Things have changed very quickly. Many distros are quite usable exclusively from the GUI now.

[@LONEWOLF6523-gc3dv]

Regarding PRIVACY, YES LINUX is light years ahead of WINDOWS.

[@PVT_Barry]

Switched to Arch based Garuda OS after dabbling with KDE neon/plasma for a few years. The Garuda team has made updates and program installs easy in a beautiful customized desktop environment. I found a Linux program equivalent for everything I do on a computer, all full featured and powerful. Every game in my Steam library played well either natively or with Proton, except one. Linux excelled in setting up a home guitar studio using Pipewire, Ardour, Guitarix, and Carla---all separate programs handling the input, guitar effects, output, recording, and mixing--but they work seamlessly together in linux. Nothing like have I experienced in Windows. Privacy can be open or strict depending on your preference. I set my system up with absolutely no data sharing by my browser, mail client, message app, etc. Never going back!

[@daviddunmore8415]

We've been Microsoft free for over a decade now and would never use anything Microsoft. Currently running Debian 12 on two AMD desktops and an old Lenovo AMD laptop (No intel here either).

[@haplozetetic9519]

Better? Overall, yes, but "better" may have little to no weight in deciding which to use as it is often secondary to necessity, which is dependent on the requirements of the user. The only advantages of Windows are its apparent ubiquity for the average user, a very few things that can be done more easily, and the ability to use some specialized software and hardware. Linux is superior in all other ways, and is continually making progress in the areas mentioned above.

[@crevettefrance8120]

After the generalisation of Copilot AI and cloud on windows 11 , I decide to go back to linux, the incredible power of data analysis in the hand of Microsoft is the first step to philter bubble , and soon Microsoft can know you better than yourself.

[@lumeronswift]

Apart from fringe gaming - which can be done on a console for the ~three games that don't work - Linux can handle pretty much anything. And as a ex-20-year Windows user... I'm coming to the conclusion that a second-hand Mac would be better for corporate applications if I need them than using buggy, constantly-updating Windows. Anything else can easily be handled in Pop!_OS, and with an even better workflow.

[@matthewtrow5698]

Of course it is.

[@AxelWerner]

#LINUX runs EVERYWHERE !! So, YES it is better!

[@D.von.N]

Man, I know an accent is something one cannot do much about, but the background music makes it incoherent to me what I hear from this. Cannot follow, sorry.

[@thepurplesmurf]

While I agree that music in tech videos are annoying af, in this case it only last a minute and then stops.

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

Which is a better tool, a hammer or a screwdriver? Your question has a flawed fundamental assumption actually, two. The first that operating systems are one size fits all, and the other is it Windows does not just objectively suck from its framework up and always has and always will unless they abandon it and start over which they won't cuz it'll cost them too much money. 40 years in the sw industry, I'm not some newbie with an attitude problem. I have the scars on my professional back from Microsoft's greed head b*******, so don't make nice about them to me. :-)

[@todortodorov6056]

No, it is not.

[@kborak]

Pretty bold of you to claim you know the sincerity of another based off an answer. Linux is objectively better. Privacy issues alone prove so. Open source proves so. Linux can run windows software, if the programmers don't purposely make their software incompatible. Please just go back to obscurity.

[@petersilva037]

A guy who's workflow is Adobe Creative Suite to produce artwork for organizations that expect Adobe formats simply cannot use Linux. ditto for thousands of niche windows apps. I'm a (nearly exclusive) linux user for decades, but there are use cases where it makes no sense. It's a similar question to: "What's a better tool: hammer or screwdriver ?" If you're doing framing carpentry... and you value speed, a hammer is going to win. In other situations, you will prefer to use screws and the corresponding tool.