Win 10 is saddled with the failed tile UI. If they got rid of that, fixed the bugs, and took out the spyware it might be worth a look. As it is, I use it to only run software that clients need me to run under windows. Other than that, I am Mint Man.
Yeah, when MS thought it was a good idea to imitate iPhone and go with a load of annoying and useless icons/apps. MS fixes stuff that isn’t broken, that’s always been it’s biggest problem.
On Mint - I have it installed on one PC, but the thing I’ve always been curious about is the software-system update. I have no idea what Mint considers a “safe setting” - that is, won’t install updates that might break the OS.
With other Linux distros a distinction is made so you can easily choose what’s safe. Mint uses “levels” which isn’t as exact or intuitive for my use, at least. That’s the reason I don’t set newbies up with it - the update level settings aren’t very helpful.
W10 is a stinking pile of C. On a Desktop it acts like a tablet. On a tablet it acts like a Desktop. All like that out of the box. You have to use UNAPPROVED 3rd party apps to tame it -so you can’t use them. I have to support it from a server-side. It’s a piece of junk! Always confounding our customers, always bloat-grading itself into higher echelons of useless Craptastictness.