• AntY@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    What can windows as an operating system do that no other can do? Do they have magical scheduling?

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        6 months ago

        That’s not due to the operating system but rather the choice of those producing the program. The operating system simply provides an interface to the underlying hardware.

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          The OS provides services to the application, acting as a bridge between the application and the physical hardware. The entire point of an OS is to run applications, otherwise it would serve no purpose.

          If the app can run in Windows on the same hardware that Linux can, but the app can’t run in Linux, then the only difference is the OS.

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            Yes, but this is a design choice made by those who make the app, not a design choice made by those that make the operating system.

            If I make a screwdriver that isn’t compatible with any screws on the market, that is my poor design choice, not that of screw manufacturers.

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                    6 months ago

                    Yes, but windows was not designed for the application. The application was designed for windows. This is a huge difference and blame for it not running on Linux should be placed at the producers of the application, not the os. If you want to criticize an os, then do so by looking at what does and does not work in the hardware interface, not by listing applications that have been designed for particular systems.

                    For all I know, windows could be the worst thing ever to develop applications for, but since it’s the most popular OS, most companies targets it for development. It doesn’t make it a better os.

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      6 months ago

      The question is what can’t it do? Yall keep saying switch to Linux but why? Why would I leave windows if Linux isn’t offering anything better?

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        Well, as operating systems go, they both accomplish pretty much the same thing: an interface for programs so that they get access to hardware resources. One thing that Linux does is that it supports many more architectures than what windows does.

        In windows, the UI is a part of the operating system so customization is a lot harder than what it is in Linux.

        These are the only things that I can think of that are directly tied to the operating systems, but I’m not the most knowledgeable on these things. I honestly wonder what makes windows better as an operating system, because I can’t find anything.

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        Why would I leave windows if Linux isn’t offering anything better?

        Because Linux offers an ad-free experience, whereas Windows offers a free ads experience.