Reading [cite:@hall-2023-beejs-guide]. It has an interesting note for Windows programmers: "At this point in the guide, historically, I’ve done a bit of bagging on Windows, simply due to the fact that I don’t like it very much. But then Windows and Microsoft (as a company) got a lot better. Windows 10 coupled with WSL (below) actually makes for a decent operating system. Not really a lot to complain about. Well, a little—for example, I’m writing this (in 2025) on a 2015 laptop that used to run Windows 10. Eventually it got too slow and I installed Linux on it. And have been using it ever since. But now we have Windows 11 that apparently requires beefier hardware than Windows 10. I’m not a fan of that. The OS should be as unobtrusive as possible and not require you to spend more money. The extra CPU power should be for apps, not the OS! Additionally, Microsoft knows what you want, and what you want is more advertising! Right? In your operating system! Weren’t you missing that? Now you can have it with Windows 11. So… I still encourage you to try Linux , BSD , illumos or any other flavor of Unix instead of Windows.". It's a nice harsh punch for newcomers. I still think that MS Windows is one of the worst blocking obstacles in 21th computing. Perhaps one big factor that made mobile usage thrive they way it is, was the way MS made the desktop experience so bad, and the way Apple made it unaffordable. #Programming