8 Things That Windows Still Does Better Than Linux ... 

not gonna lie windows is soooo much better than linux when it comes to spying

For gaming, the biggest problem area I've seen has been modding. Most modding tools for Windows games are not developed with Linux use in mind, which is understandable but kind of annoying sometimes. The games may be fine with Proton, but modding them... not so much.

Basically, all perks of Windows comes not from Windows itself but from the fact that it is a dominant system on the market since over 30 years. If any Linux distro had that position instead, it would have all the same perks that now Windows has.

Windows has at least 3 different design guidelines included in windows 11. the new one, the legacy one and the very legacy one.

I've been struggling to put #7 into words but you're totally right. Whether integrating stuff like AI is for the better remains to be seen but they're definitely faster at detecting what might be exciting emerging technologies for average users(the avg user doesn't really care what the latest tech has just been merged into the kernel or how systemd works but they will appreciate a user-level feature that's explained well) The only thing users really do not like are the ever increasingly forced ads on the OS level. I guess we'll see if that's enough or if people will ignore them.

'Coherent design': *continues to open registry editor on Windows 11.*

One thing people don't talk about a lot is ease of setting restrictions and locking it down, which is critical for school or business use. On Windows you can pull up the group policy editor and restrict almost every single facet of the OS.

One thing I miss from Windows is mostly just the compatibility for certain games and the hilarious blue screen

Windows really screws up muscle memory though when they keep changing things for no reason accros versions

*9) VR Support* As much as I enjoy playing games under Linux nowadays, VR support is a mess. Other than that, I am actually happy with having both on my system. Just wish Windows would give me less of a creepy spy feeling, otherwise I could see myself using it for writing personal documents too. Not that I want to necessary but when I am done playing in VR for instance, I'd love not having to reboot first.

One of the areas not mentioned here which could be vital are the more advanced accessibility features. Though from what I've heard from blind users is that generally MacOS (sporting similar options than iOS) is way ahead of Windows in the usability of these features.

For #2 I'd like to counter that there's lot of issues on Windows side as well. I've run into many Dell & HP laptops where going 1 version newer of OS breaks keyboard, touch pad, and even touch screen. Just this week I had a Windows system where Intel's Integrated Sensor Solution for a 2-in-1 breaks if any driver gets installed. On the installation side of things, many end users we help at our shop hate the Microsoft account stuff. Converting users over to a local account is something we do on a weekly basis, usually on multiple systems. Most people only do the MS Account shenanigans because they don't know the Shift + F10 trick exists.

i use everything on linux, but i use windows to play pc games and honestly thats all i use windows for lol

As long as Windows has offline accounts, and the cloud garbage can be turned off, it will get the job done.

I like how I can have two completely separate sandboxed versions of Firefox on Windows. Firefox can be installed from the developer's website and from the Windows Store. Windows Store has actually improved since Windows 10. There is no log in needed for using Windows Store.

When I had a problem with Windows, I would spend days searching for an answer, then even more time translating the bizarre Microsoftese into a human language. With Linux, I describe the problem in a search bar, and the solution is near the top of the results that I can get done in a few easy steps.

I am glad you made this videos. It is a reminder that both OS has pros and cons.

I have three things that only work on Windows: Abbyy Fine Reader app, Elgato capture card, and Cities Skylines app.

#2, #3, #4 are the biggest reasons that are making it so difficult for me to transition to Linux... I REALLY WANT TO STOP USING WINDOWS!! I don't even like windows, but am virtually forced to use it 😭😭

I haven't used Windows one time since 2014.

Gaming is still far better on Windows i am a full time linux User bad linux got far better than it was but Windows is still better

I just found your channel. Thanks for the videos. They are entertaining and informative. I started really messing with computers in 1998, just as Windows 98 was getting released. I have used every version of Windows released since (including 95). Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows NT (yes, that one) are my favorite versions, in order. Between self-study and actual training, I am considered to be at "Expert" level in most and at least "Advanced" level skilled in Windows and the entire Microsoft Office suite. I had heard about Linux and talked to other computer professionals that used it over the years, but for the most part was...nervous about switching because I wasn't sure what to expect. Finally, I had to rebuild my computer anyway, so I did a dual boot with Windows 7 and Kubuntu (because Ubuntu wouldn't install on my laptop). I used my computer like this for a year, only to have it completely crash, as in I had to replace the hard drive when I tried to install Windows 10. Since, I had rarely used Windows during that year however, I decided to go full Linux. But I still did a multi-boot and tried out Kubuntu (because I was used to it), MX Linux, and Kali Linux (because I decided to learn Cyber Security). I tried other versions too, but most "Ubuntu Clones" won't install on my laptop (it's a processor thing.) MX Linux worked wonderfully though and it is now my primary distro. I've also moved on from multi-boot to running the other distros virtually. All-in-all, I am happy with Linux and never want to go back to using Windows again. Now, I just need to learn how to write macros for LibreOffice (like I used to do with MS Office) to streamline things.

I have to 100 percent agree with this video. You've hit all the points I've found in my recent attempts to use and learn linux. I"m in a bit of a tough spot right now with one of my computers where the upgrade to a newer version of windows started causing random crashes that are near impossible to nail down and already ate up most of two weeks of my vacation. Leaving me with tough decisions. Do I just keep using an outdated version of windows and pray my antivirus, firewall, and general common sense protect me from attackers while hoping nothing I need to have stops working entirely from lack of updates? Do I keep messing with it when I have free time which is rare, and hope I can get it stabilized? Do I reset/reinstall windows to wipe the programs and settings I have to start over from a clean slate and hope that fixes the random crashes(and that it's not a hardware issue despite everything I've got /should/ be compatible) and then have to go through and reinstall all my programs one by one. Do I buy a newer computer with better specs and have to do all the same reinstalling with resetting windows, but with a working system I can run side by side to copy settings from. Or do I learn Linux and have to do all the reset windows stuff while simultaneously learning the ins and outs of a new OS and trying to bypass any hurdles I find and hope I can either get my existing stuff working or find decent alternatives , but one that'll be more or less future proof and won't have to worry too much about the OS becoming incompatible for the foreseeable future since Linux seems to have a great tendency of supporting hardware for a long time and not forcing interface changes on you. That last part is a major draw for me as I hate with every new version of windows having to adjust to how they change the interface just for the sake of a new look and feel without actually being better, and sometimes outright worse because they drop features they figure most people aren't using.

You were talking about trends. When it comes to Microsoft, it's really the same thing you already had but with a fresh coat of paint. You still have that 30-year-old code covered in duct tape underneath, running everything.

9) Backwards compatibility After an update / upgrade, you can be pretty sure that your existing HW / SW will still work / run. I notice this above all when I want to start an older game again. Or rather, I don't notice anything because there are hardly ever any problems.

You also forgot to mention telemetry it makes the add so much more personal and another one surprise games you never wanted or asked for

Windows is "better" only because people are afraid of Linux and average Joe doesn't even know what it is. The moment Microsoft will screw up way too hard, there will be another surge of Linux newcomers. But also, Linux gang should stop gatekeeping their castle. Some of them are quite toxic from my experience and demand installing LFS or Gentoo "to become true Linux user". Like, come on. I use Linux that fits me best - Arch. If Joe is afraid of computers, he can use Mint and he will be true Linux user too.

UFF, that's hard. But mostly true. Even though I could argue a little bit on some points. But there's no need for that. Thank you for the honesty.

Tbf windows having one Human Interface Guidlines is easy; it is one OS, Linux is not ;)

Yeah. My camera in my laptop would chug in Mint, but it works perfectly with Tuxedo OS 2.

Wayland with Nvidia still doesn't support Gsync

The privacy thing will never go out of style, and that may be why GNU Linux still has a chance, and won't be obsolete to my generation at least. Otherwise, another fine presentation. I will certainly continue to listen to you, and wish you Good Days ahead.

I did check out Mint Edge the past couple weeks. While I found the progress to be impressive, gaming is still noticeably behind. I.e. Baldur's Gate 3 runs fine, didn't crash. But it was just a bit slower to load, not quite as smooth either. If I didn't have Win 10 to compare to, I may not have noticed. Also I couldn't play PUBG, I couldn't update my mouse's firmware (Haste 2 Wireless), or customize my Asus keyboard. In short, back on Windows 10. I want to play competitive games, and the best performance I can get. That means it's going to be Windows.

Could you make a guide for beginners on how to switch to Fedora? What to do, when the software only has deb support for example.

❤❤ i really like your videos. It is informative without ads

A great thing with Linux is that it supports lots of old hardware that doesn't have drivers for later versions of Windows.

One of the most important things really mentioned is they will use portable apps. just downloading zip files of apps and running them directly from the executable in windows is unprecedented in terms of how to do, compare to any other OS in existence😊 May Allah (S.W.T.) guide you and bestow upon you His Blessings; Ameen.

There is no logical reason to fight against or for any one desktop operating system. I use Windows on new computers, and once the computers get old, I slap Linux on them. Why should anybody only use a single operating system? As long as I am able to transfer files from one computer to another, it is all good.

In Windows why do you need a Master's degree to work out where the off button is. What's wrong with just placing it on the taskbar?

I run MX Linux KDE now, and likely going to the Cinnamon desktop soon. I seldom have had to worry about being a sysadmin unlike in Windows. If I ever had to run Windows again as a daily-driver, I'd install Windows 7, beef up the anti-malware tools, and make sure my browser was also enhanced by 3rd-party adware and tracking blockers. Win 10 and 11 are spyware galore, install things you don't want, and their 'trendy' web browser was so bad they scrapped it and started over with a modified version of Chrome. Average users won't be worried about games or AI on the desktop, nor the latest whiz-bang "thing everybody is talking about." Sure I wish Linux could get their act together, but it's groups and individuals working on whatever they fancy, not a big corporation ordering people around in most cases. More bug fixes and less trendy nonsense in Linux, and less worry about things "looking cool", or bringing out multiple new standards because "ours is better/cooler than yours" such as the Flatpack/Snap/etc. debacle.

Still an eternal discussion I see. You should make another video called "X things that Linux still does better then Windows ..." YT have already have some good ones.

Hi, not yet linux user here or rather not full. I recently installed fedora on my laptop and while i had difficultys the first 2 days i love it now. I had little issues with the games i play and love that there is for almost anything im looking for multible solutions. (The only thing i havent found a solution for is how to minimize windows because im used to it for workflow. Its not helpful when you google and the awnser you see the most is "go back to windows". It kinda feels like gate keeping in some way.) I would love to switch to linux on my main pc but have so much hardware like the stream deck and the goxlr that im a bit afraid if trying. The recent windows "controvercy" made me even wanna try linux more for desktop use but i cant afford the hardware changes at the moment. Does anyone have experience and or tipps for me? Maybe a certain distro or something else? Would really appreciate it and please keep in mind im new to linux so im not very knowledgeable yet.

Yes for Gaming And School + Office Related works Windows is the best when Linux is better for personal and private related works

About the hardware support that is better on Windows. Nowadays it is indeed not THAT MUCH because of Windows or Microsoft itself (though there's certification going on). Buuut, in the '90s, it was. Microsoft then went to great lengths to have drivers for eeeeverything that somebody might use. What I mean is that they worked their asses off then, to get the market share, so to speak. Then Windows became the standard OS, the drivers got better and more standardized, and, I guess, from XP or Vista era they could start relaxing and not bother as much, as now the manufacturer themselves put the work to make sure their products are compatible.

also, Windows (not Server) is even more user-friendly home server solution than anything else, file operations, SMB, WSL + Docker + Portainer, StorageSpaces etc... making even older PCs no waste ;) ps: and I write that as Proxmox user

Gaming: I can play DOTA2 on minimal HD on Intel G5400 with passive cooling and 8Gb RAM. You will not able even run Windows 11 on it. Check mate.

Isn't `format c:\` still a thing? Sure users don't need to run the installer, they have the geek squad do that for them.

I use both. Windows on my computer and Linux on my VMware. great experience

Standardization: one design without simple ways to arrange work as user want is not a "better work" at all.

8:05 yea its not that windows installation is easier, but it is already installed by the manufacturer. Last month i had to reset windows because that pc was slow, and it's a pain in the a**. Those setting up, creating microsoft accounts, xbox offer, onedrive offer, 365 offer, prvacy settings, etc and waiting for them to load the desktop. O.m.g., compared to installing linux mint, far far more easy. As a user , i feel respected by the linux installation than the windows.

The word “still” seems misplaced here. Windows has been slowly catching up with mature UNIX-style operating systems over the last 3 decades and *still* has a lot to figure out and learn. It’s not like Linux would need to catch up with Windows or whatnot. The role of game console firmware is indeed an area where Windows performs quite well - which (again) doesn’t compare all too well with a mature multi-purpose operating system such as a good Linux distro.

Given it isn’t specified as modern Windows vs modern Linux the support Linux has with older hardware and Proton has with older games is neglicted given old Windows versions had no issues with those things, lol.

Oem installed linux hardware does exist btw ;)

i disagreed with Gaming, but i understand thoses that dislikes gaming on Linux anyway i dont play either Valorant or one other game that dont support Linux anticheat, and SteamDeck have a great gaming experience in stock OS

Overall I feel this is a fair video. It is good to address the negatives and positives it's always best for people to made decisions based on more information rather than less. Once small point however, one doesn't have to learn several new ways to do things if one chooses just one distro/desktop environment. For my circumstances and preferences, Linux gives me a far superior/rewarding computing (and privacy) experience. My workplace is 100% Windows & MS Office, yet I have been able to use my personal Linux laptop With LibreOffice and a few extra fonts instead of the Win laptop they allocated to me (which I only turn on occasionally to update the MS spyware) If you are WILLING to learn - and you certainly can!, plus have no critical irreplaceable hardware issues, it's most likely that you too will find Linux more rewarding over any generalky minor/trivial advantages Windows has.

i sort of disagree what some of the things you said in application support thats only mainly a concern for you if you run everything nativley if you use the right cobination ofcompatabality layers containers and virtuao mechines you can run pretty much anything you want you can run things at native peformance that windows cant even dream of doing like running a macos vm for apple exlusive software or using waydroid to run android apps with native peformance and same goes for windows applications as well this sort of ties into gaming as mobile games can run on linux and if you use a windows vm you should be fine i get that some anticheats are super annyoing and hate running in a vm but you can spoof that or just run it in a mac vm since games on mac just down run in the kernel becuse of how little control apple gives to there users no kernel hacks=no kernel anticheats that are neede but i understand doing all of this can be very stressful for new users and can push them away also i had no idea about new windows fetures since i was so isloated from running windows for a while

Im a linux fan but I do wish that linux had app installers like windows that installs everything for you without having to do anython but run the exe. Shure it does take up more space but thats not realy an issue with SSDs becomeing cheaper.

Honestly, most of the points you make are not necessarily about Windows being better, but simply about the advantage of being more popular. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠⊙⁠_⊙⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

If driver open source why community Don't do GUI driver settings it's so hard ?

Windows also dominates the workplace in no small part because of MS Office like you mentioned but also from IT management's point of view, Active Directory and Group Policy. There is really nothing that truly compares in the Linux ecosystem. For the vast majority of average users (in other words not tech savvy) why would you chose an OS that differs from the one you have to use at work?

I like geforce experience I wish it was on linux I use the auto optimization thing alot

I play aoe2 de, drg, helldivers 2, apex and titanfall on linux. I alreayd play multiplayer games :)

I love it that Windows has more applications than any other OS in history. There are even probably a dozen different (or more) applications that do similar things but in different ways. Last time I used Linux, I had a hard time finding the right drivers for my sound card, and when I did find one, I had to configure the drivers to run with my Linux, (Red Hat Fedora). Also, file permissions were a nightmare. Even running SUDO, I had a rogue text file I created on my desktop that I just couldn't get rid of for over 2-weeks. After all the issues I faced with Linux, I swore off the OS forever.

For end user Linux is way more ez to use because there is possible to fix any solution. And no... end user is not able to install any of this two OS .

Since we are here, why does no one talk about the two worst things on windoze? The two utterly disgusting and deserving to be shot in public, naked, for the world to laugh at! 😃 -When you shut it down and it says "updating do not shut down" for half hour sometimes !!! WTH ??? -When it does shut down, if will switch of the monitor while the PC is still on for another 15 to 30 seconds !!!! Ask me how i found out the second? I switch it off, the monitor goes to sleep, i pull out a brand new RX6900XT and got terrified when i saw the fans still spinning and i look down and the PC was still ON. Luckily it survived. If i was in US, i would sue the living $hit out of MicroShaft just for that. No one mentioning this goes to show how much "internet experts" know about PC's. Then again, they do not have 40 years of experience with PC's. I do have some respect for Win95 though, at that time there was nothing better, OS/2 got killed by IBM.

Yes really!

Pretty much everything except if you are a programmer / dev

I disagree about 2 things. Muscle memory. Windows changed UI and UX a lot in W8 and it was a nightmare and differed a lot from the previous designs. Having 2 Control Panels is frustrating to this day upto W11. People don't use it because of muscle reason, they stick it with because it is pre-installed with notebooks and PCs. Solutions from the internet. I haven't found any workable solution on Windows 10/11(i have so many stories from XP era and upto 7 as well) + drivers for a specific printers despite them having said drivers on their official websites. I haven't found solution to microphone that stopped working after W10 upgrade. And many more. But i did find solutions on Linux if anything stopped working and the answer isn't always from the same distro user. So troubleshooting on Linux is better. Official Microsoft monkeys usually lead to zero solutions and their tools whether it'd be some scan or iso checking never works hence the usual answer you'll get "reinstall, clean(which is the same thing)". Official RedHat/Suse support will f*king repair your driver(not everytime but i know of the cases) and deploy an update right away.

this man's smile is rough, charming, unexpected each time i glance back at my display, and goofy, like that one friend we all knew. the short, direct, compact videos are a refreshing, focused sight, and a welcomed one at that. thank you, linux king.

The more I distro hop, the more I like Windows. The way my laptop hardware interacts with the OS is much better on windows, things like browser hardware acceleration are available right after installation.

No one uses Linux because there is not software/hardware support. No one provides software/hardware support because no one uses it.

Me who only uses a usb

See Linux Does What Win Don't! / Spatry's Cup of Linux videos.

I'll stick with Windows.

Why do you say some words like you are singing it. peoPLE. I love you channel anyways.

I am strongly disagree about ease of use of windows. When it comes to problem solving, windows is much more time comsuning and confusing. Where in Linux everything is much faster and easier to understand (if you read carefully :) )

WINDOWS MASTER RACE

Support and Documentations is better for Windows? Really?

Windows is harder to use than Windows. Easiest sense went from support of thirth companies, such like software or hardware vendors. Many people told installing software 8nder Windows is easier thanks to installers, but installers was writen by software vendors. And - why we had smaller amount installers under Linux? They exists, but only bdcause Windows users are likes to use it. But, especailly for open source software, under Linux, it does not exist. But for the same software under Windows,, it exist. Reason is simple: installing softeware under Linux is simplier. Of course, if we can install it in Linux way. But we have flatpak and snaps, whicu could made everything able to install in Linux way.

Actual windows tutorials are scarse, many things are only possible through github experience

in terms of consistency, MacOS has beat all of the others by a country mile. 99% of the interfaces in MacOS has a standard layout using the default MacOS design guidelines, because designing for Mac is mostly drag and drop, as well, when apple updates their deisgn guidelines, most of the entire OS changes with it. windows has UWP and then normal, but MacOS JUST has their normal, and maybe like a select few apps in their ipad porting toolkit (catalyst) and in some cases catylist apps are indistinguishable from stock native apps anyways

What is thiiiis!?!?! 😮TRAITOR!! 😂

Hardware support out of the box, Linux wins, hands down. Drivers are a different subject. Installation out of the box, Linux wins by far. And see above. Linux install = 4 minutes on my PC, another 4 (Nvidia) to 6 (AMD) minutes for graphic drivers. Add 10 minutes for every piece of software i might ever need. Windows 10 install = over 1 hour on the same PC, and another 3 hours for drivers. And an eternity for updates..... oh hell no! 🙃

Call me out if I'm wrong I think you line Linux more than window. Let me add more to your list of why window does somethings better than Linux. Life changing and innovative applications like OCR , read out loud were I believe and think we're first implemented on and for window. Comparability of other operating system natively or near bare metal on Windows ( subsystem of Android and Linux) with ability to copy and paste inter subsystem that's heavenly sent. Which Linux thinks inflated of its self to develop a subsystem. Auto Cad, electronic Cad these are real life problems that changes lifes of people in third world where I am where 80 percentage of the population are, we all have problems to solve and window is ontop of it. Another thing to add to your list window operates mostly offline without internet, installation can be done online but Linux you have to be connected to the internet which I don't have, is expensive and slow. Please put some respect on the name Window Operating System

Why you said MS creates new trends. They bought OpenAI and integrating with Wimdows 11, but what else? Kinect/Windows Hello also been bought. They only copy solutions, starting from Vista. For example plus sign near file icons, gadgeds, desktop effects, UAC, etc. I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Windows, so I kmow this.

Windows is super good at eating ram and Killing itself if npt regularly rebooted 😂

Windows application sucks on Linux... actually their suck on Windows in compare to Opensource Projects. For example Blender vs 3Ds, AutoCAD, Adobe Premier.. and so on.

Linux is better

Hardware Support: Linux support way more hardware than windows ever do. And installation and troubleshooting of that is way more clear and ez on Linux.

Linux is lacking in the spying department compared to Windows, which is extremely great at spying on its own users (who also paid to be spied on)

This is why I won't use Linux or MacOS. If it's not broken stop trying to fix it.

0. Than Linux.

Wayland with Nvidia still doesn't support Gsync