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Note: I am not against Linux, but oppose the promotion of it as superior to Windows, at least for those who us a PC for more than email and the Internet and word processesing. My old PC (yet good specs, thank God) is used daily for the former 2, but while I ran some memory tests for new ram on the main PC, I just spent a few days on an older rig with Linux that I installed, trying to accomplish on it what I can do quickly on Windows (20 years intensive use, no virus in years, thank God, and only 3 all told). So I replaced Kubuntu with Mint and still had issues and lack of equivalent functionality. Thus I wiped the SSD drive (with Gparted via a Mint live USB) and copied my W/7 partition (from a HDD) over to it for greater stability and functionality. So here are my 10 things you can easily do on Windows that you cannot on Linux distros I know of:

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

[[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))

But even when you are super cautious, there are times when redirects push you to,those sites before you even realize ehat happened. A few years ago, it was constantly happening (thankfully I had Rollback RX installed and could do system reverts). Then it calmed down for awhile, but happened again. It was like being on the defensive all the time. Now,I don’t worry about it, and just take the usual precautions to avoid sketchy sites. Windows today is pretty good at stopping the redirects now, but who knows whe it won’t work so well again.

That constant redirecting and the lousy windows updates screwing everything up, and then the harassment to upgrade to windows 10, and constsntly having to be cautious about everything really i order to tey to avoid viruses was what finally drove me to linux..

I dual boot now, as. I need windows 7 for games and photoshop and photo programs, but my everyday of is now Linux. There really is a lot of peace of mind now with it.

[[And also with Windows 10 pro. Delay up to 35 days and again, or turn of updates. ]]

Yeah but with windows 7 you weren’t forced to either delay or turn off updates, and you could get,only,the ones you wanted (like if you learned one update messed something up, you could avoid that one till the fixed it). Windows 10,took a lot of individual control away, and now gives you only 2 options, delay for a month, or turn off the updates and become vulnerable.