An interesting opinion piece from someone that's been exclusive on Linux for almost 15 years, and now has to use Windows.

https://duncanlock.net/blog/2022/04/06/using-windows-after-15-years-on-linux/

Using Windows after 15 years on Linux

I've been using Linux exclusively for ~15 yrs. This is my first time using Windows after a 15-year break. This is how it's been going.

duncan­lock­.net
@mike I agree with about half of that, and strongly disagree with some of it. Windows has no problems with space in filenames and it only needs a single quoting methodology. Compare this to bash which, certainly, is more flexible, but is more cognitively demanding and easier to make mistakes.
@mike Trying to make out that Linux package management is a solved problem, and that software installation on Linux doesn't result in downloading random binaries from the Internet, and doesn't have autoupdating madness, is also miles away from reality. How often do we see "curl <url>|sudo bash"? Or a link to a Flatpack or AppImage? Broken dependencies in package managers aren't a frequent occurrence but do happen.

@proactiveservices stupidity will always find a way. But the difference is there is no functional package management under windows. Every relevant Linux distro has it and it works very well for the most part as long as a half-trained admin doesn't break it.

I have to deal with the miserable situation under windows as part of my work and it is absolutely incomprehensible how a commercial OS can exist and flourish in 2022 where even the absolute basics aren't there.

@mike

@proactiveservices @mike how often are people using flatpak remotes that aren't a trusted source? I mean you can, but most things are either in the distro provided repo or flathub.