5 Reasons You Should Be Using Linux Over Windows 10
If you’re the type of person who likes to keep up with the latest and greatest technology, you’ve likely heard of both Windows 10 and Linux. They are two different operating systems that some people believe offer either greater or lesser functionality than one another, but they also have fundamental differences in their design that make them more suitable for different tasks. If you have been using Windows 10, it might be time to consider switching to Linux. Here are five reasons why you should be using Linux over Windows 10.
Price
Windows 10 is free to download, but the product isn’t completely free. Pricing starts at $119.99 for a one-year subscription and $199.99 for a five-year license. By contrast, Linux distros are totally free and don’t come with any hidden costs or in-app purchases. You can buy some services like Amazon’s AWS or Microsoft Azure if you want, but they’re separate from the operating system itself.
Linux also has a huge community of users which means that many people know how to fix things when something goes wrong – whereas on Windows you’ll be mostly on your own when it comes to troubleshooting your computer.
Simple Updates
Updates to an operating system are vital in order to stay secure and current. With Windows 10, these updates can come without notice and without your permission, which is one of the reasons that people may start to lean towards Linux-based systems as their OS of choice. Let’s take a look at some of the major differences between the two and see why you might want to rethink your preferred platform.
Software selection
Windows is a closed-source platform that limits your ability to customize the way it looks and behaves. In contrast, Linux is an open-source platform with more opportunities for customizing it. The most popular desktop environments for both operating systems are also free, so if you use one of them to change the look of your computer, you don’t have to pay anything.
Control over hardware drivers
The ability to create a disk image is one of the best parts of Linux because it allows you to easily burn your entire OS onto an SD card. This means that even if you have a 64 GB drive and only want to install Linux on 5 GB of it, you can. Alternatively, if you have a laptop with a 60 GB SSD and would like to use 50GB for Windows, and 10GB for MacOS, you can go ahead and do that too! With Windows 10, unless you’re willing to pay extra for more storage space, there’s no way to shrink the system partition.
Boot-up Speed
I do not know about you, but there is nothing more frustrating than waiting for your PC to boot up. Boot-up speed may seem like a small issue, but it can have a big impact on user experience if you need to restart your computer frequently. Microsoft has been slow to optimize boot-ups in the latest release of Windows 10, however I have found that Linux boots much faster than either of the previous versions of windows.
