[oblio]

All experienced Windows user have a curated list of software. If you download shady apps, sure, good chance of getting infected. But Chrome, Firefox, TotalCommander, 7-zip, Sublime, etc., etc. are all free, mature and malware free.

It may not be as conceptually easy as Arch Linux but on the other hand you get access to Windows-only stuff which has its benefits.

And almost any Linux user should be able to create that curated list within 6 months, IMO. If they aren't, then I doubt even their Linux chops...

[nunez]

Installing apps on Windows is 100% as easy to do now as it is with Homebrew and Linux package managers with Chocolatey. I don't download software anymore on my Surface; I choco install EVERYTHING.

I was even surprised to discover today that I could install IntelliJ via choco install! It is amazing.

[chx]

If there was Hckrnews gold, it'd be yours. This alleviates a lot of problems I constantly had with Windows, namely downloading crap from who-knows-where then contains who-knows-what. This actually might be the deciding factor.

[nunez]

Glad I could help!