I still don't understand why the majority of people haven't switched to Ubuntu or Kubuntu... They're quite user-friendly nowadays and they perform amazingly well. I often go for months without restarting my Kubuntu laptop. It performs exactly the same as it did years ago when I first bought it. What I like most about Linux though is that it's open source. It actually feels like my laptop.
I have Windows installed on it as a dual-boot and I cannot believe it when I log into Windows (Windows is definitely worse than Apple)... I just don't understand WTF happened over the past decade; Windows seems to have gone backwards. There is no way in the world I could ever use this thing and be productive. The interface is so clunky with title bars which use up all the valuable screen real estate. Difficult to switch between different windows. The cursor was almost impossible to use with the touchpad (it just feels unresponsive); astonishingly, I was actually able to get the touchpad working well with Kubuntu with the generic open source touchpad driver which came with it (it's extremely customizable).
Somehow, the narratives around open source software being inferior quality always seem to be disproved in the long run. While the quality of enterprise software tends to degrade overtime (as big corporation financial politics and bureaucracy creep in). Open source projects are free from toxic financial incentives so they tend to keep improving over time.
I have Windows installed on it as a dual-boot and I cannot believe it when I log into Windows (Windows is definitely worse than Apple)... I just don't understand WTF happened over the past decade; Windows seems to have gone backwards. There is no way in the world I could ever use this thing and be productive. The interface is so clunky with title bars which use up all the valuable screen real estate. Difficult to switch between different windows. The cursor was almost impossible to use with the touchpad (it just feels unresponsive); astonishingly, I was actually able to get the touchpad working well with Kubuntu with the generic open source touchpad driver which came with it (it's extremely customizable).
Somehow, the narratives around open source software being inferior quality always seem to be disproved in the long run. While the quality of enterprise software tends to degrade overtime (as big corporation financial politics and bureaucracy creep in). Open source projects are free from toxic financial incentives so they tend to keep improving over time.