The web is crashing for me and becoming more useless. It's tougher every day just to do what some people claim is elementary. There is so much trash, cookies, ads, temporary files, ect, I can't do the things I set out to do because my internet speed is so slow now. I can click on a link and have to wait 10-15 seconds for the little circle to start moving. Sometimes I can be finished reading the article before the ads quit downloading, and other times the circle just stops and freezes the page. Then the browser says (Not Responding). Are others having these problems? Am I the only one? It seems like the dream of surfing the net like in commercials doesn't meet the reality. I know the next response will be Get Linux or a Mac, but I'll never buy a Mac and the learning curve for linux is beyond a 69yo that started with a 286 in 1984 on Dos 3.11. How tough can it be to build a computer that and surf the net without freezing? I've installed Linux on several computers ( maybe 30 times since Ubuntu 5). My last installation was Mint 17 a few months ago. I have a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ right now that is nothing more than a doc reader for my Sunday school lessons, But I have yet to get it networked and can't even get Firefox updated. I have 3 monitors I can't use with Linux. Editing video,...don't know how in Linux. The list is quite impressive on what I can't do with Linux. I refuse to buy a Mac and their OS is basically Linux anyway.
The best I ever did was with XP and later with Windows 7, but they are gone. I even reinstalled Windows 7 and had sites say they wouldn't load because of the browser and there is no alternate browser that will patch 7 to work the new websites.
I hate Windows 10, but that's where we are now.
If I was a coder, I would backward re engineer Windows 7 or XP to have the latest Win 10 kernel that would work with modern drivers and software and the install would be checking boxes for the minimum items you personally want. There's no need for Bloatware and things like Solitaire and others, unless you personally want them. There are many things you must install and can't uninstall to make the size smaller. I've seen a ripped XP install that took about 300 megs total to install and was blazing fast. A rip of Windows 10 with a better looking GUI, IMO would be popular, but I haven't seen one yet.
For reasons of both my dayjob (IT at a software company) and personal needs, I have one of everything and multiple of some: Windows, Mac, and Linux. They're all running, all the time, because (as you pointed out) some things run better (or at all) on some systems but not others.
Switching between them has become second-nature, even the Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V on Windows/Linux vs. Cmd-C/Cmd-V on the Mac. The good news is that Copy/Paste works seamlessly between them all, because my hardware is Mac, with a VMware VM of Linux, and Remote Desktop to my Win10 machine at the office. So all three OSes are running on one piece of hardware.
I love it. But at the same time, I hate it -- why the heck can't it be simpler?
I'm 68, and have been working with computers since the early 70's (see my FR profile for details if you're interested).
In some ways, it was much simpler way back then.
I’m learning video editing on a Ubuntu machine. The app is kdenlive and it seems (so far) to be decently feature-rich, plus it allows direct editing of NTSC (DVD) video. Most of the editors I auditioned for Windoze required a media type conversion for VOB format, which required yet another app (and another $79.99).
PS: kdenlive also has an installer for Windoze.
I am there with you. My very first machine was a 486 33 desktop. I opened the case, lifted the bar and swapped in a 66 chip.I was hooked! My last two builds were Win10 about five years ago. One is for online and the other is only for gaming. I like Firefox, AVG and Zonealarm but each has expanded into an all in one supposed program with endless nagging to upgrade for a nominal fee. I would love a go at learning Linux but after sixty plus years my brain is full.