I am a developer, even if the developing is done for myself. Trading and developing software go hand in hand these days. For the average Facebook user/gamer, Windows is fine, I agree. The tools included and the control over your machine makes developing faster and easier. Open source is extremely valuable and many of the tools I use are only on Linux or are difficult to get to work on Windows. Security is far better on Linux, you don't need any anti-virus software if you use common sense. Running a very outdated Windows machine is accepting that your files are out there for everyone to access. I don't know what "million things" you're tweaking, that's not really necessary. For most usage, Linux distros work great out of the box. Outside of gaming, there is nothing on Windows for me. So I have an overall better experience.
Why do you need Windows if you're going to only use WSL? You have it backwards. It's slower and what's magical in Windows for you? Customisation is on another level with something like KDE. It's not essential but a nice-to-have. Does not compare to Windows at all, in Windows you need custom tools for everything and since they sit on top of the default Windows installation, they consume extra memory and CPU cycles. But sure, in a way you're right. If everything works great on Windows for you, you don't need to switch. Something like system level Python modules are only on Linux as well because the Windows system is too restrictive. Others only develop for Windows and thus users are left without choice. I'm not happy about Windows deliberately having backdoors left in by Microsoft, it does not compare to my login information as my e-mail doesn't store anything critical. It doesn't. I needed to compile some code and for that needed Visual Studio, the component download was some 10GB or so and took a very long time due to a crappy connection. So I spent a good 20 hours getting it, when installing I had an error that read something like "Error 54", completely useless and uninformative. So I went to MS help to check for solutions. The solutions were basically "have you tried restarting" or "try removing the downloaded files and doing it again". A joke if that and of course none of it helped at all. In Linux? GCC was there from the start. I did what I wanted to do within 10 minutes with zero problems and no 10GB downloads required. I don't like MS but I have used Github before the MS purchase, there are other alternatives like Gitlab, so if MS does try something sneaky, I will just migrate. I also use VSCodium which is VSCode without the telemetry. You seem to have some type of agenda while most Linux users just want to use the best tools and the best tools for them are rarely on Windows.
No you can't, it will still be running in the background. You might be right about bill gates, but I still don't like windows or the way it runs
Worrying about tweaking linux is 20 years outdated. Unlike Windows that can add every dumb feature no one wants imaginable because of the monopoly, linux has actually had massive competition within the ecosystem and the dividends are self evident. People today use the winners of 20 years of competition. Try to find a review online of someone that moved from Windows to KDE and thinks KDE sucks. I don't even know if that is possible. Even just aesthetically, KDE is beautiful and Windows is ugly and outdated. Windows is clunky and KDE is blazing fast. Even on a 5 year old machine, every window and action is instant with zero lag in KDE. Customization is not needed until you get use to it and soon it is essential. Like the real time memory use widget in KDE is essential for me now. I like looking in my task bar and seeing I am using 53.4% of memory right now because I am logged in with 3 different users and my cores are barely calculating anything. Dolphin vs Explorer is a total joke. apt-get vs jumping through hoops on windows is a total joke. Security is totally laughable. On Linux it is trivial to have full disk encryption
I am working on very complex ai problems. I run 4 GPUs in parallel, and a lot of my time most cpu threads are fully utilized because despite the algorithm utilizing mostly GPUs to perform its matrix calculations on, the CPUs manage the splitting up of workloads and merging of results for distributed workloads. So, I know full well about the management of system resources. I do all that on a windows box. I have done the same workloads on Linux boxes as well and every ai researcher will tell you that there is no perceivable performance advantage of running on Linux vs windows. The numbers speak for themselves. By the way, you have just named a special case where a Linux OS might be justified. And I did mention that this might make sense. However, what we all now heard through the past 6 pages was mostly users talking about gui adjustments and how to back up a smart phone. For that they are seemingly willing to spend hours if not days to properly install their OS, tweak it, and solve all the small issues that arise. That is pure silliness.
So yeah, trading with windows based apps using an emulator.... Shrugs... Isn't that idiotically stupid?
in my opinion, noting is better than a unix based os. my problem is the lack of trading programs that are available to take advantage of that os. m
For marketing reasons, they would never admit that. The liability is on you, not them anyway. Even in safe mode which only allows you to install apps via the app store and requires you to use Edge for browsing in a special safe mode, they still recommend a virus scanner: "Yes, we recommend all Windows devices use antivirus software." (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-and-windows-11-in-s-mode-faq)
As said I fully agree with you to use Linux when you need work specific tools and Linux is a must at some work places. Nobody needs Virus scanners or 3rd party security tools for windows anymore. Highly reputable computer groups attested that the built in tools are as powerful if not more powerful than almost all 3rd party applications. Just take a read on askUbuntu or the Unix stackexchange subgroup. Many of the answers there are plain wrong, because most users even those who claim expertise don't know a thing when it comes to different distros or kernels. The number issues users are debating and trying to solve are ridiculous in nature. Stuff you would never ever think are a thing. Try to properly set up an Nvidia gpu on Linux for deep learning purposes. Next to be utilized for gui based Linux apps. Next try to configure 2 or 4 gpus that run on the same box. Next try the same with amd gpu. Good luck, I will check up on you days or weeks later. A total and complete chaos even for highly advanced users. Check on the Nvidia forum or the tensorflow forums how even users who are using Linux every single day get stuck time and again. You need to be an absolute expert just to properly operate this operating system which is plain stupid given an OS is just a tool, nothing else. And that's just one out of a million issues. Most users here or anyplace else have zero business to handle Linux because they are way underqualified. Yet they still do and then keep asking question after question. All the power to those who know how to handle Linux and who don't need anything else. Most even on this thread clearly do not fall into this group.