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It's sad to say but I've had more hassle with Windows 10 than any previous (NT based anyway) release. 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 all served me well. 10 has done everything from deleted my files (thanks, October 2018 Update) to DESTROYING my Linux boot loader that was placed on a separate hard drive.. it has no business touching that!

I always looked at Linux as not being worth the hassle.. now it's not worth the hassle to use anything else.

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I've had pretty much the same experience as you. Honestly, linux runs faster uses less resources and is infinitely customizable. If anyone's work allows them to make the switch (eg. No hard dependencies on windows) then consider doing it, it is absolutely worth it.

Lately I've had great experiences with running any windows programs on linux in wine. It seems to have really matured a lot. There are some issues with my tiling wm but other than that zero problems.

Fortunately I've been able to find native alternatives for almost everything. If it wasn't for games and Winamp I'd probably not bother installing wine. (Winamp is the only player I've found that I can get midi files to play to my Roland UM-ONE).

Particularly with the online versions of Microsoft Office which, while not feature rich, work decently enough to act in lieu of the windows versions.

I had the same thing happen to me with Windows destroying my Linux boot loader. After that, I gave up dual booting and have been on Linux 100% ever since. I don’t see myself ever going back.

I unfortunately need to due to professors not being OS friendly...

If there is a software they want us to use, you're gonna use it. Oh you use Linux or mac? Sorry, you gotta go to the computer lab at the school or find a windows machine.

>Windows 10 [...] DESTROYING my Linux boot loader that was placed on a separate hard drive.

Would it be fair to say that Windows extinguished your Linux install? :D

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