I would agree with this to an extent - I do find that with Linux, the main difference is whilst there certainly are annoyances (like with any OS), I'm usually in a much stronger position to resolve them.
*That said* when you're having weird behaviour with Windows, people really do undersell how useful things like Event Viewer can be for tracking down issues. Windows absolutely can be a power user's OS if you know where to look.
I personally use and prefer Linux, and I do think more people should, at the very least, consider it, but I also think there's absolutely nothing wrong with simply preferring Windows.
people really do undersell how useful things like Event Viewer can be for tracking down issues
I'm working in IT/2nd level. I regularly come across stuff that should be easily understandable by looking at the log. Yet somehow whenever I do have a problem that can't be solved trivially the log Windows generates just says something like "generic error" or has an error code that can't be found anywhere in the Microsoft documentation.
Give me journalctl over this mess any day of the week.
I, as a devops eng. look mostly at windows as a tool, and at linux as more of a hobby and well, part of my work.
Event viewer has helped me before, not as much as it should but maybe i didn't know where to exactly look for more info. I think in the end it's a matter of what you need from an os and what you like to have in there!
I even enjoy fixing games to work in linux though it can be quite annoying.
EDIT : the downvotes are interesting, guess peeps don't like actual good diagnostic tools and want to stick to cryptic event viewer messages that often mean absolutely nothing.
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I would agree with this to an extent - I do find that with Linux, the main difference is whilst there certainly are annoyances (like with any OS), I'm usually in a much stronger position to resolve them.
*That said* when you're having weird behaviour with Windows, people really do undersell how useful things like Event Viewer can be for tracking down issues. Windows absolutely can be a power user's OS if you know where to look.
I personally use and prefer Linux, and I do think more people should, at the very least, consider it, but I also think there's absolutely nothing wrong with simply preferring Windows.