[cymbeline]

Could someone give reasons why an ordinary user (browser and office products) to stick with Windows and not go to Unix?

[ClearCase_guy]

Very much related question —

I’m thinking of building myself a new computer and I’d like to install Linux as the base OS. If at some point I decide I need to do something in Windows, I would expect to install a Virtual Machine and install and run Windows from the VM. It just seems like the best way to distance myself from anything Windows-related.

I’m rather rusty on building and installing SW at this level. Although I think Linux first and Windows in a VM is the way to go, I wonder if I have it backwards? Anyone know?

[Westbrook]

> Could someone give reasons why an ordinary user (browser
> and office products) to stick with Windows and not go to
> Unix?

Application suites.

Windows has a plethora of office, bookkeeping, accounting, video and audio production software that is either unavailable on any Linux distribution or just plain not as good on Linux as what’s available for Windows or Mac.

And even for apps that are somewhat commensurate in performance and presentation on both Windows and Linux, the user base in Windows is considerably larger than for Linux.

However, if you’re configuring a server, Linux is DEFINITELY the way to go for many reasons, among them security. Debian is more secure than Windows, and RHEL is even more secure than Debian.

[old curmudgeon]

Because windoze is like the wu-flu.

Over sold, under tested and hard to cure once you catch it.

I changed years ago and never regretted it.

I bought a new Dell Inspiron a few months ago because my HP crashed. The only one immediately available had all of the hardware that I needed but was loaded with windoze.

Unbelievable to me what I went through just to log on so I could download Ubuntu.

I let the Ubuntu install wipe windoze. There is no way I would put up with that nor would I support any company that is involved in destroying our freedom, which they are actively doing.

25 years ago I retired and that was my first time since exposed to windoze. Unreal.

The real answer to your question is: Because most people are totally ignorant of what is available as an alternative.

They go in the store and every machine in the store is loaded with windoze so the easiest thing to do is hand them the credit card and go home.

[z3n]

Could someone give reasons why an ordinary user (browser and office products) to stick with Windows and not go to Unix?

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Because Libre Office sux

[Mr. Jeeves]

I left Windows for OS/X over a decade ago and have never been able to build a Linux environment I liked as well as OS/X for the desktop. I would much rather adopt a Linux desktop than ever go back to Windows, though.

The only thing I miss from the Windows server world is the ease of delivering actual customer solutions with SQL Server Integration Services and Reporting Services.