Windows make heavy use of the registry, which I found very cumbersome. Obviously, database systems have their own advantages and disadvantages as opposed to files but Linux is WAY cleaner, and very transparent about what executes, how and with what permissions.
I was pretty amazed at this when I learned about it.
It feels like digging into Windows was finding a bunch of compiled code.
Where there’s been some times where I understood what was happening in Linux because I was able to follow how the library was set up.
Windows make heavy use of the registry, which I found very cumbersome. Obviously, database systems have their own advantages and disadvantages as opposed to files but Linux is WAY cleaner, and very transparent about what executes, how and with what permissions.
What’s cleaner?
Not
HKLM_CURRENT_USERIMO