[eitland]

Linux works best for people who just install it and use it, -and for people who are willing to learn how to fix it if they break it, AKA "grandparents and/or techies".

About 10 years has passed since I concluded that Ubuntu was more userfriendly than Windows. I had "installed"[0] Windows on someones computer and it took 4 hours to get it finished from pressing the power button the first time until bthe last nagware antivirus was gone and the computer was ready for use[1].

By comparison an Ubuntu installation at the time was 20-45 IIRC minutes depending on disk speed.

Ubuntu would the be ready to write a document, create a spreadsheet and browse the Internet, everything the typical user would wish.

There's only a few things Windows would do better at that time, most notably running Windows-only software and look familiar to Windows-only users.

[0]: or configured, it was supposed to be preinstalled so no idea why it used two hours just to get me to a login screen.

[1]: I've been a sysadmin so I'm well aware that Windows can be slipstreamed etc, but my experience here is what an end user would see.