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1. People with Linux installations tend to have Linux LiveUSBs already created, so finding one is faster. Most people don’t keep Windows installations handy, so it takes a while to locate the Media Creator online, download the file, and begin the process

2. Or if you are someone like me, who keeps an older build of Windows 10 on a flashdrive, the updates require multiple restarts, before being able to install the Feature Updates. Maybe 8 hours is a stretch, but it certainly feels like it

3. It’s possible to do separate %userprofile% drives, sure, but it feels clunky and can’t be done during install like you can with Linux

It’s funny you talk about people making shit up when my post is slight satire in response to the pure satire meme. Maybe you should talk to OP instead.

Windows breaks:

1. find a Windows installation Disc or USB (1 hour)
2. backup files from broken installation (2 hours)
3. Install windows (15 minutes)
4. Install Windows updates (8 hours) 4a. Debloat/Decrapify Windows (30 minutes)
5. Restore backed up files (2 hours)
6. Find and install previously installed programs (??? Years)
7. Try to remember accounts and special settings for special previously installed programs (3 hours)

Done in 16 hours

Linux Breaks

1. Find Linux Live USB (5 minutes)
2. Reinstall Linux (10 minutes)
3. Install updates (20 minutes)
4. Reinstall previously installed programs (5 minutes)

Done in <1 hour and spend the rest of the weekend playing Elden Ring

Separate /home partitions are a godsend.

I think there are two major hurdles keeping Linux adoption back (besides the obvious installation bit). The first is that our backwards compatibility is terrible. It is easier to get old versions of Windows software to run in Wine than it is to get some old Linux software to run natively.

If something like Photoshop did finally release a Linux version, even if they only did one release to make 2% of people happy, it likely wouldn’t be able to run natively after 5 years.

The second is a good graphical toolkit. Yes, GTK and Qt exist, but neither are as simple as WinForms or SwiftUI/Aqua.

You still get to use it as normal, so long as you have service. That said, I personal stick to physical SIM just to minimize any problems, but you do you.

I mean, you could probably put a short version of your title like “How Polluted Are Our Waterways”, but you should have a tighter title that’s not a question like “Our Polluted Waterways and the Threat They Pose”.