7 areas where Linux is JUST BETTER than Windows

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00:00 Intro
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01:28 Software Management
03:01 Monetary Cost
04:56 Open Source and Free Software
06:24 Performance
07:56 Configuration & Customization
09:44 Privacy and Security
11:31 Command Line
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The first area is software management. You can install anything in one click, update the system, and the apps in the same place. Imagine having to update each app from its own GUI instead of having a central update place. Imagine having to avoid malicious installers distributed by websites. Imagine being forced to update your system instead of picking when to do it.

Second area is monetary cost. Linux, in 99% of cases is free of charge. Windows is never free.

Another big win for Linux is its open source and free software nature. It means people can fix stuff quickly. If an issue is detected, and it's a big problem, it will be fixed in days, sometimes in hours.
And this also means that if you know how to code, you can also try and fix the issue yourself.

Open Source, and to a higher degree, free software is a demonstrably better option than full proprietary apps.

   • Linux gaming is better than Windows s...  

Now, let's talk performance. Because Linux can be way more efficient than Windows.
In terms of disk size, a clean windows install will use 20 Gigs. Most Linux distros use about 4 or 5 gigs, sometimes up to 10. And some lightweight distros just use upwards of 20 megabytes, like Tinycore.

Linux can also run on super old computers, without making them unusable.

Linux is also vastly more customizable and offers more choice than Windows
Why is choice important? Because we all use our computers to do different things, and having a one size fits all desktop will never serve everyone perfectly. You end up with something that kinda works for everyone, but is perfect for no one.

On Linux, you can choose from an enormous number of distributions, and desktop environments, and tools to make sure that your experience is the one that works the best for you.

Linux is also a more private system. When you install windows, you have to go through about 10 screens of configuration, most of which will ask you if you want to have your data collected, and most of them only letting you limit the data that is collected, not completely turn it off.

WIndows also requires a microsoft account, or at least hides the option to do away with that so that 99% of people will create that account.
None of that on Linux.

As per security, it's not an inherent advantage of Linux, but it IS targeted far less than Windows by malicious actors.

Ok, last area where Linux is just better, is the terminal. The Linux command line interface is just insanely powerful, bash scripting is super easy, and can automate tons of stuff for you, and there are tons of tools you can add to the default utilities to make the terminal even easier to use, and more powerful.