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<blockquote data-quote="patrickt" data-source="post: 418106" data-attributes="member: 7899">djarrum: &quot;I promote Linux because IN MY OPPINION it's simply better.&quot; That was obvious in your original post but it goes further. Debating pros and cons can't be done when the disciple defines the pros and cons for both sides. You rate a con for Windows as a poor file system and then you say Linux has a reliable file system as a pro. I've had no problems with NTFS so I'd have to rate it okay for reliability and if defragmenting is the only complaint you have with NTFS, it isn't much of a complaint.&nbsp;You said with Windows it's difficult to diagnose malfunctions. Perhaps but I usually seem to manage. I have very few malfunctions so I spend less time on them with Windows than I did with Linux.&nbsp;I am probably closer to &quot;average&quot; than most users posting in this thread. I tried Linux a bit three years ago and went back to Windows.&nbsp;My major issues:Convenience. Some people enjoy playing with the computer.Software. I have software I want/need and a reasonable replacement isn't available with Linux.&nbsp;One thing I appreciate with Windows is the lack of proselytizing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="patrickt, post: 418106, member: 7899"] djarrum: "I promote Linux because[I][B] IN MY OPPINION[/B][/I] it's simply better." That was obvious in your original post but it goes further. Debating pros and cons can't be done when the disciple defines the pros and cons for both sides. You rate a con for Windows as a poor file system and then you say Linux has a reliable file system as a pro. I've had no problems with NTFS so I'd have to rate it okay for reliability and if defragmenting is the only complaint you have with NTFS, it isn't much of a complaint. You said with Windows it's difficult to diagnose malfunctions. Perhaps but I usually seem to manage. I have very few malfunctions so I spend less time on them with Windows than I did with Linux. I am probably closer to "average" than most users posting in this thread. I tried Linux a bit three years ago and went back to Windows. My major issues: Convenience. Some people enjoy playing with the computer. Software. I have software I want/need and a reasonable replacement isn't available with Linux. One thing I appreciate with Windows is the lack of proselytizing. [/QUOTE]

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