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A lot of people have voiced their concerns with Windows. It is a large, comparatively bloated operating system which enforces end user licensing agreements that are a little one sided to put it mildly. However, for the longest time there was nothing out there which could rival Microsoft’s flagship product in terms of reliability, usefulness and compatibility with the hardware and software that people need for their business and gaming applications. However, that was before Linux came along, and upset that entire trend. But of course, there is a certain down side to Linux — it assumes you are smart, and that you can figure out a lot of things on your own, whereas Windows correctly assumes that most people are generally clueless when it comes to computers.
When you take on Linux, you generally need to become a student of Linux. You can easily learn Linux code through online because online classes provide complete programming code details. While the system itself has endless variability in its potential interfaces, most people will choose the style which is reminiscent of Windows and Macintosh, simply because it is familiar and easy to use. The two feuding operating systems are not extremely similar to one another because of sheer coincidence, after all. There is a method to this kind of madness, and most of the popular versions of Linux are only different enough from either to make the OS easier to use and unlikely to set off trademark infringement lawsuits.
Linux has a lot of great advantages over Windows. For one, it is very stable, and for another it has a high degree of potential for customization. However, it does require you to do a lot of learning, both about how it works, and how to work within an operating system which was designed to be used by programmers. Until Linux becomes slightly easier for “commoners” to use, and probably until it comes bundled with PCs, it will play second fiddle to the less learning-intensive operating systems out there.
