@DrJLecter I'm not suggesting installing Windows or Linux for everyone! I'm saying Windows has a leg up in your use case because your computer already had Windows (or Mac OS) installed. Having it already done for you by your PC maker is infinitely easier than having to do it yourself.

There are vendors that preinstall Linux, so you (and my mom and mail carrier) don't have to.

@swelljoe which "normal" person out there has ever installed Windows though? You are talking about yourself, but want everyone else to do the same as if it's a common thing and everyone else just refuses to be smart. Have your parents ever installed windows? Your neighbours? Your mail person? Pizza deliverer? Waiter? When you ask why people not just use Linux, you're not talking about people like yourself, you're talking about THEM. And that's just not gonna happen until it's made a LOT easier.

@Trames personalmente ho una visione critica del fediverso e questo non piace, attiro estremismi. Ho una visione critica di tutto, non mi piacciono le fazioni e cerco sempre di affrontare ogni argomento da più punti di vista possibili.

It is very weird, as a Texan, to hear linux users talking about the SBC

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@DrJLecter so, installing Linux was difficult, but have you ever had to perform a fresh install Windows or Mac OS? Having installed Windows and Linux hundreds of times, I'd argue it's quite a lot easier to install a good Linux distribution (Ubuntu is not my favorite, but it's Good Enough) than Windows on a new PC, but you never see that because 90% of new PCs sold have Windows preinstalled.

There are systems builders that preinstall Linux, for what it's worth.