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  • They come from completely different heritages.

    GNU/Linux is a reimplementation of Unix, an operating system that was originally designed mainly for universities, but also mainframes.

    Windows is descended from DOS, an operating system intended for home computers.

    Nowadays Windows is the only widely used non-Unix-like OS; GNU/Linux, Android, macOS and iOS are all Unix-like.

    If Windows became FOSS, I at least would likely switch to it. It’s really the FOSS philosophy more than anything else that makes me want to use GNU/Linux.







  • Debian (testing) is most suitable for me. If there were a universally best distro, all the others would cease to exist…

    It isn’t made by a for-profit company and thus doesn’t have “features” I don’t want.

    It pays attention to software freedom, though it isn’t so restrictive about it that it doesn’t work with my hardware.

    It was very easy to install only the things I wanted and needed.