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by hocuspocus 2882 days ago
I use Windows 10 exclusively at home and it's indeed pretty good but there are unfortunately a few things that would stop me at work:

* There's now a major upgrade every six months and Microsoft still hasn't figured out how to make the process reliable.

* Chocolatey is good but the available packages are sometimes lacking. Linux distros have always been miles ahead in this regard, and nowadays with snap I can even find third party software that wasn't packaged before.

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Actually I find choco to be miles better than apt-get. With apt-get I often have to add repos before I can install some app (usually something which fixes some basic part of Linux). This, for me, negates the whole point of having a package manager. What good is it if I have to tell it where to look?
If it is in third-party repo, it means that the distribution maintainers do not maintain/test it. A third party does.

When that third-party package replaces something that is a part of the system, you are going to have a difficult upgrade next time the new distro release is out, unless the third party ensures smooth transition. Do you have that trust in them?

Nope. I'd rather use windows than worry that I'll break my OS by installing a third party app
You can break windows by installing third party apps too. Or by well-aimed edit in registry.

All systems can be broken by incompetent user with root or administrator password.