Another reason is that these days, people are lazy and want everything done for them which makes switching to Linux more difficult. Microsoft seems to be more interested in fluff and pretty pictures rather than building a solid, reliable OS.
Then again, Windows is no longer Microsoft's breadwinner so it's been delegated to a dusty corner with R&D.
Microsoft came out with a fix for the PrintNightmare (via the print spooling), which hackers were using to gain control of the system. So
much for updates only on the second Tuesday (which is coming up this week). That means downtime while I download and install the updates.
When they did that 2004 Build Update to Windows 10, it took 8 hours to complete...ridiculous. But, after every "patch" is released, more vulnerabilities are released by the hackers, throwing more egg on Microsoft's proverbial face.
I have to use Microsoft Office with a square dance publication I
have to maintain...but otherwise, I use LibreOffice.
Or they'd buy the hardware, then get help to wipe the hard drive,
and put Mac or Linux on it (easier said than done, I'm sure).
Microsoft came out with a fix for the PrintNightmare (via the print spooling), which hackers were using to gain control of the system. So much for updates only on the second Tuesday (which is coming up this week). That means downtime while I download and install the updates. When they did that 2004 Build Update to Windows 10, it took 8 hours to complete...ridiculous. But, after every "patch" is released, more vulnerabilities are released by the hackers, throwing more egg on Microsoft's proverbial face.
I believe that only affects Windows Server with people using priviliged GPO with older versions of Windows (such as NT or 2000).
The problem is not really the GPO's but that so many IT admins leave
the Print spooler service running instead of shutting it off on
things like domain controllers, Exchange servers, Sharepoint etc.
I believe that only affects Windows Server with people using priviliged GPOs with older versions of Windows (such as NT or 2000).
There's actually a more compatible free office "suite" called
ONLYOffice at https://www.onlyoffice.com/. It's available for the
major OSes. I used it under Linux and found it to be more compatible
than LibreOffice with .DOCX documents. I had one given to me by a
state agency that I had to print and LibreOffice and Abiword refused to see it correctly. I installed ONLYOffice and it worked. Give it a
try.
The average computer user couldn't build a Hackintosh (a PC running OS
X) easily -- it's so difficult that I won't try it. There are great
Linux distros for beginner users, like Linux Mint, that would be good,
but since there aren't any major games for Linux, most people don't
want to use it. There is Steam but even then a majority of Steam games
are for Windows.
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