Linux would be the Mercedes equivalent, right?

And Win-10-nic would be a YUGO
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You'll never convince the world that Linux is the better OS. Been there,
done that and it's a plain bitch to work with. Great for the geeks that
have the time to invest in playing with it but it can be a real time waster
for those that want an OS to "Just work".

No...none of them do that perfectly but Win10 is perhaps the easiest, most
reliable OS to date that will load on meager and older hardware and get it
right the first time.

I have now done over 30 upgrades / fresh installs on various hardware (Asus,
Gigabyte, Dell and HP) that dates back to 2006 and I've only had to hunt for
one Asus hardware driver that Win10 couldn't find. That is frigging
amazing....

Last time I tried the so-called most user friendly version of Ubuntu on a
brand new build, it failed miserably and never could get a NIC driver or
video driver for it. Tried it on older hardware and it liked the old NVidia
video but screwed up the USB and DVD. Plus it constantly hung with error
messages that only a physics professor would understand. A mere mortal
doesn't stand a chance.

So if Linux is your choice - great, enjoy it but don't try to convince us
it's problem free - it isn't. It is also one of the most hacked server OSes
in the world too. Most of those big name hacks we've heard about this past
year were running Linux front-ends. Not exactly a secure system but yes, it
is less expensive up-front but over time, you pay.

Bob S.