[1971genocide]

Its funny how strong the ideological stance exists among programmers.

Any comment making fun of windows always get upvoted even if its just anecdotal. My experience is also anecdotal and needs to be taken just a data point. Linux users seem to not be able to stomach any constructive criticism.

I tried using linux for a long time - the problem is life got in the way. I need to provide lab reports and do mathematics. Linux is a hassle for any non-programmer. Maybe when I get a decent laptop like DELL XPS that can run linux I will give it another try.

For now though I am having to stick to a single ultrabook for various reason and linux is not friendly to new-comers.

Just my experience.

[DanBC]

Your downvotes are (I guess) not for criticising Linux but for doing so in a flame-baity way.

[rhodysurf]

I dont understand why you cant make lab reports and do mathematics on Linux? Serious scientific papers are written using Latex, not Microsoft Word. And what math software doesnt run on Linux?

[stinos]

Serious scientific papers are written using Latex, not Microsoft Word

You'd be surprised. I know labs publishing multiple high impact papers pretty much each year and then some more less high impact papers and they all use Word. Also PowerPoint for posters. Probably not the best tools for the job, but I see that often in research.