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Windows over Linux based OSes. The support (albeit via mass adoption) is much better. I can run almost any old software, including games. Plug in anything that's plug and play and not worry about driver compatibility. Things tend to just work and I'm not one accidental sudo away from wrecking the whole OS.
I just disable ads, put a custom start menu in place, and I'm golden.
I'm not saying Windows doesn't have issues, but for me personally it's likely far less than a Linux OS.
The driver thing confuses me. What I love about Linux is I DONβT have to go on a wild search expedition for drivers or install random software to get my hardware working.
Wacom tablet just this week.. plug in and works perfect on Linux.
Wasted 30 minutes getting it to work on Windows and disabling the junky software it comes with on boot.
I use Linux as my main pc, and while things will work without looking for drivers. They don't always have 100% of their functionality. My Logitech keyboard and mouse for example, worked without doing anything but the macro or "G" keys aren't re-bindable by any software currently.