You need both. No reason not to have both.
[[6. Don’t Need to Restart the PC at Each Step]]
I seem to be getting more “you need to reboot” messages after updates lately-
All these are nice, but I would add:
“Accidently delete most or all of what you have on your drive, including the operating system with one or two clicks. (Windows gives you a fight if you try to delete needed system files)
I done that one.
9. Create a Folder Named CON.
Finally, I’ve needed a folder named CON for decades now.
Nobody actually ever “uses” windows, they just suffer with it because of ignorance. I’ve been in this business professionally since 1986, and I know this stuff. Windows and Microsoft are a plague, like FauXi and Democrats, to put a political analogy to it. Sadly, the other Silicon Valley bug guns are much almost the same, but some less than others, so do your research and avoid the obvious tech-scam pitfalls.
This list is cringey, at a minimum (seriously, almost half of this list is something about how many flavors there are), and dangerous at most: looking at you #5. Linux IS NOT IMMUNE TO VIRUSES! As a matter of fact, every Black Hat convention for the last 5 years saw a Linux distro hacked FIRST with MacOS second.
That said, Linux has its place, and it’s a great OS for development.
This list is the main reason Lenox has only a fraction of the market of Windows.
Try explaining to grandma, who only wants to turn on the computer and see Pictures of her grandkids, why she needs to switch the latest ‘distro’.
BKMRK.
Yeah but can Linux take 45 minutes to power-up and update? Don’t think so...
“10 Things You Can Do on Linux but Not on Windows”
One thing you can much easier do on windows but very difficult to do on Linux: Hack it!
kind of a silly article. The following isn’t really addressed to you, Shadowace, but is more a general comment one one of the things the article referenced.
In the administrivia department, the reason you can’t create a directory or file called ‘con’, is because that is the reserved word for the console itself. You used to be able to see this by copying a file to ‘con’ and see the contents scroll on your screen. Also, if you did a “dir con” you would see a ‘con’ directory no matter what directory you were in. There are other reserved words, like ‘prn’ for the printer port, ‘nul’ for the null device, and some others that I can’t recall anymore.
Linux has some similar mechanisms but they are in a fixed location on the file system, i.e. /dev/null. Linux actually takes the entire concept of ‘everything is a file’ to an almost absurd level. You can treat your sound device as a file, and even your cdrom and any hard drives can be referenced as a file, and you can use that to your advantage.
I once virtualized a computer by basically copying an existing raw hard drive device using ‘dd’ through the ‘nc’ command on a local system through nc on a remote vm that had been booted from a CD-ROM ISO, and used dd on that remote to create an image of the hard drive in a vm all the way across the country. Once the dd command finished on the local, I had the tech shut down the remote vm, and then restart it. It was amazing tech at the time held together with spit, glue, and duct tape, but it worked.
Linux is open-source, and you can install it for free, unlike Windows, which comes at a rather hefty price 'For One Computer'.
With Linux you can duplicate the hard drive an put it in another computer and it will find all the hardware, even if different and just work. A spare duplicated hard drive is the ultimate backup of a computer system.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
In Windows 10 you have to restart after you change the font.... You now need 3rd party tools to do what you used to do easily in earlier versions of Windows.
In Windows 7 you can make several changes under Personalize> Windows Color without restarting the computer.
I do not know why the change.
There are a few based on the Windows pre-boot environment (often called "rescued disks) that will let you test dive certain light-weight versions of Windows (Bob.Omb’s Modified Win10PEx64, Trinity Rescue Kit, Gandalf’s Windows 10 PE, Hiren's Boot CD, et Al).
"2. Choose From So Many Distros and Flavors"
Altogether there are 600-ish Linux distros, 400-ish of which are actively maintained. Most noobs are bewildered by the scope of selection so I would hardly consider this an advantage.
And worse, this also means dozens of different desktops. An impossibly large number of desktops is also a hindrance to Linux's popularity and market penetration.
"3. Use the OS for Free Forever"
I have two boxes running WinxpSP3 that still see occasional use. And I have occasion to run Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 6.22 in virtual environments.
"4. Create Your Own Operating System"
I could build my own car, too, but I can't say that idea appeals to me much either.
"5. Use the OS Without Needing an Antivirus"
If you have a mixed network, Linux needs an antivirus, otherwise it might be "a carrier."
"7. Use Lightweight Distros to Resurrect Old PCs and Laptops"
I'm guessing you've never heard of Windows XP For Legacy PCs or (Win7-based) Window Thin PC, both official MS-releases, or enthusiast created light-weight distros, such as Windows 10 Ameliorated.
Rd later.
1. Easily find a wealth of safe freeware to enhance functionality without faulty installations (could not get WINE to work 2 day ago due to such) and or that lack in equivalent functionality. Including 200 tweaks available in in Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 for Windows 10 From the Windows club. Add to this Winaero features of the Winaero Tweaker
2. Install programs not listed in Synaptics or equivalent without having to find the right script and running a terminal (if you even know what that is).
3. By default have a device manager like Windows default.
4. Right click on icons in the start menu (equivalent) and find the actual location of the file and or rename them, rather than no options.
5. Replace the start menu with one that you can quickly see the wealth of programs power users want to employ.
6. Easily make hot keys for programs, folders, or remap keys via AutoHotkey
7. Characteristically run programs without errors.
8. Easily create custom menus via Right-Click Extender (add items to many right click menus) on the desktop, computer, folders, to quickly access what you want.
9. Edit files without needing to run a terminal to obtain rights, versus simply clicking on a dialog box.
10. Have less problems relative to user base (on desktops: two percent of desktop PCs and laptops use Linux) and find solutions to problems much easier than with Linux, and usually without needing to learn what scripts to run (some distro-specific).
As your list:
1. Test a Distro Through Live Boot
Wrong. How to Test Drive Windows 11 Without Installing Anything
2. Choose From So Many Distros and Flavors
Without one able to obtain even 1-2 % of the desktop market. I believe one could be created that would be The Distro, but it would need to become more like the best of enhanced Windows, by default (from a better clock and file manager to software base).
3. Use the OS for Free Forever
True, else I would not have tried it or used it. Thank God for what it (and the PC) does, which is very substantial. However, since W/8, MS offered free upgrades to 3 versions.
4. Create Your Own Operating System
Hardly applicable, while one can engage in substantial enhancements of Windows for free.
5. Use the OS Without Needing an Antivirus... The Linux system has a protective layer over core OS files, which doesn't allow anyone except superusers to access root files.
Likewise with Windows. The most I have used since 9x is Windows defender. Pray and press, and do not visit porn or gambling sites, at the least.
6. Don't Need to Restart the PC at Each Step
And also with Windows 10 pro. Delay up to 35 days and again, or turn of updates.
7. Use Lightweight Distros to Resurrect Old PCs and Laptops
True, though cleaning up and editing start ups in Windows will usually fix it.
8. Customize Almost Any Component of the OS
Far easier in Windows.
9. Create a Folder Named CON
Seriously?
10. Use Multiple Desktop Environments Simultaneously
Well, there is How to Use Multiple Desktops in Windows 11
Bkmk
How to Install Windows 11 with Local Account
https://winaero.com/how-to-install-windows-11-with-local-account/
Here’s how you can install Windows 11 with a Local Account and omit the Microsoft Account requirement. It forces the latter by default if you have connected your device to the Internet. However, if it is not your plan, you can bypass the enforcement and set up Windows 11 with a traditional account type.
