Perhaps Windows doesn't deserve unreserved criticism these days. By all accounts they are friends to Linux and much open-source stuff. Then why is it that I have a gag-reflex at the idea of replacing my linux systems with it?
- I don't like the fundamental premise that they are locking users into something in the name of ease, complete with closed-source software, ad models, and data mining, and too much "trying to help" users with no clear way to tell the system "just trust me."
- Call me immature, but I chafe at the setup with one entity watching, controlling, spoon feeding, profiting, and punishing. Which is what Windows and/or Microsoft (and, to similar degree, Apple) feels like to me.
- I just plain old don't like windows (lower-case) -- as in, the entire approach to a gui based on a squishy analogy to physical space.
Before I stew this up into a blog post, I'd love to hear more takes on this.
@worldsendless It's also slow. I've never had a windows install that doesn't eventually start saturating the disk I/O while idle.
