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HCouston
Mar 16, 2026Iron Contributor
Windows users who prefer to use Windows over Linux, why do you choose to?
I'm interested in understanding why many Windows users prefer to stick with Windows instead of switching to Linux, especially since Windows offers a familiar interface and broad software compatib...
PleaseMakeItStop
Mar 17, 2026Copper Contributor
I'm still using windows but only just, the main reason being the expense of replacing some specific bits of hardware that only have Windows support. If windows 11 stops supporting them or if Linux starts to support them, then I'll be done.
Each new OS release and each new upgrade from Microsoft pushes that further away. The constant need to ram AI into everything, the adverts inside a paid product on my own device, these are making it harder and harder to stay.
My livingroom PC which I use to consume media and play games has already migrated to Linux. The wife who uses her PC for email and social media is also done (She moved to a chromebook).