[ShadowAce]

If the Linux faithful consider Microsoft Windows to be that bad, why do so many of these alternative environments look like they were ripped off from Microsoft?

It's not the look and feel of the environment that is bad--it's the company behind it and the technology under it that is unpleasant.

[farming pharmer]

If the Linux faithful consider Microsoft Windows to be that bad, why do so many of these alternative environments look like they were ripped off from Microsoft?

It's not the look and feel of the environment that is bad--it's the company behind it and the technology under it that is unpleasant.

Didn't Microsoft rip Windows look & feel off of another OS?

[Openurmind]

Absolutely. Win 7 was not bad but when 10 came out it was the last straw with their foul ups, greed, and extortion practices. For the first time in decades I finally actually OWN my PC and OS not MS.

[bobcat62]

Having lived on the Mac since 1985, I’ve never found the (Microsoft) environment to be that great.

As for Microsoft... These days, Microsoft is a minor evil deity. The true evil lies in Mountain View.