Why is Linux easier than Windows.

[apoorv_khurasia]

In addition to d38dm8nw81k1ng's signature here is my own expirence. I just made my own backup utility to backup important files on my system and successfully made a cron job to run it every week and remove the old backup if the current run is successful. (I am sure a lot of you guys have done more than that and they can surely guide me).

Despite of six years of being an "Experienced Windows User", I have never succesfully used its job scheduler (May be someone can help me with that), leave alone run a complicated script to do such tasks.

P.S cum disclaimer: For those of you who are going to post replies on this thread --Please, Please, Please do not target MS Windows on this thread (or even better on the entire forum), else the mods will lock this thread The point is that this is because of my inferior knowledge of Windows and is by no ways an intentional feature/policy of Windows or MS in general. Please highlight Linux features instead and enlighten the rest of us.

[gtmtnbiker98]

Maybe you have just taken more time to learn how to configure your Linux machine as compared to Windows. After all, Linux requires some getting used to and everybody uses Windows. I have found that I can do more with Linux only because I've taken my learning Linux as a hobby rather than a job. As for Windows, I'm been an MCSE since the NT days and still feel challenged. Computers are what you make of it and if it interests you then you will definitely find easier ways of doing things. Is Linux easier than Windows, well it depends upon who you ask.

[techieMoe]

I really don't see the point of this thread. Why is Linux easier for you? You learned it. That's the same reason Windows is easier for some people and OS X or Solaris are easier for other people.

[carlosponti]

i still think windows is easier to learn but when you get to a certain technical skill level then windows leaves you stagnated technically. that was my reason for wanting off of windows that and the price. you have been getting the same quality but the price has steadily risen over the years. I agree with techie i dont get the point of this thread.

[apoorv_khurasia]

I really don't see the point of this thread. Why is Linux easier for you? You learned it. That's the same reason Windows is easier for some people and OS X or Solaris are easier for other people.

As always you are right moe. That is something I too realized and hence the disclaimer attached to the post.

But now I also don't see a point of creating a thread esp with the name I have given to it. I feel terribly embaraced too. I think what made me do this was the temporary (may be even childish) euphoria of seeing those things work smoothly on Linux which I had not been able to run on Windows for a long time.

While creating the thread however I also thought it would be exiciting so see what other people have done to make their tasks automated and learn from them. I think the thread should have been titled something else --may be something like getting day-to-day tasks done on Linux etc...

Lastly as this was something which was not a serious Linux issue/problem, I chose the coffee lounge for it.

[Roxoff]

Hmmm, I kinda agree with techiMoe here, this is a little pointless...

Linux challenges you to understand it
Windows tries to make everything easy for the beginner - you never need to understand, you can plod along as a beginner forever.

That's the reason why Linux is easier - because you have to learn some stuff and things are often easier when you've learned a litte more about it; the irony is some of the stuff you learn makes it easier to understand Windows too.

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

i DO see some point in this thread tbh. for example, the automation of package managers adds ease-of-use to linux.
other points are shared library management (windows just doesn't), emphasis on the command line (since windows is a GUI OS; all its apps need to have some sort of icon to show that they're running and for the user to access them, cluttering up the desktop); and multiple workspaces.

it's already been mentioned, but once you've learned how to use linux (i.e. once you're aware of the existence of the command line) things get really easy, really fast. say a newbie asks for help: in windows you'd have to say "click here, click there, scroll down three lines, click the check box, click apply); in linux you just say: cp /this/file /to/here; echo "this text" >> /to/here (if they haven't used the console add "click the konsole button" to that).

[oz]

Which one is easiest really depends on your point of view, in my opinion, but until someone puts an equal amount of time and effort into both operating systems, I don't see how his/her view can be totally balanced.