Which Operating System Should You Choose

**Choosing the Right Operating System: A Deep Dive into Linux, Windows, and macOS**

One of the most common questions I receive is, "What’s the best operating system? Should I use [insert OS here]?" The truth is, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. An operating system’s value lies in how it aligns with your specific needs and workflows. Over the years, I’ve developed a deep understanding of three major players in the OS world: Linux, Windows, and macOS. Each has its strengths, weaknesses, and unique use cases. Let me walk you through my experiences with each.

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### **Linux: My Daily Driver**

Linux holds a special place in my heart—it’s my go-to operating system for both personal and professional use. I’ve spent countless hours creating YouTube videos about Linux, specifically around 200 fluidics-related content. However, my journey with Linux began when I transitioned from server-side work to using it as a daily driver.

Linux offers unparalleled flexibility and power once you get comfortable with its ecosystem. My setup includes a tiling window manager that allows me to juggle multiple tasks efficiently—launching terminals, web browsers, or even older games like Lutra. While the learning curve is steep, the payoff is significant. Linux is highly consistent, which makes it ideal for content creation and long-term projects.

That said, Linux isn’t perfect. It can be daunting for newcomers, and not all applications are readily available for this OS. However, if you’re willing to invest time into learning, Linux will reward you with unmatched efficiency.

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### **Windows: The Tried-and-True Workhorse**

Windows has been my companion for the majority of my career, spanning over two decades. It’s the operating system I grew up with and still use regularly for gaming and specific productivity tasks. Windows 10, in particular, holds a significant market share (around 75–80%) due to its widespread compatibility.

Gaming is where Windows truly shines. It supports an extensive library of titles, making it the go-to choice for gamers worldwide. Additionally, Windows is deeply integrated with Microsoft Office and Adobe products, which are essential for many users. However, out-of-the-box, Windows can feel bloated and resource-intensive. Over the years, I’ve optimized my installations to run smoothly by stripping down unnecessary software.

While Linux offers more consistency, Windows remains indispensable for certain applications and workflows. It’s a balancing act between familiarity and flexibility.

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### **macOS: The Consistent Choice**

Finally, macOS rounds out the trio. While I don’t have a Mac machine to showcase here, my certifications and experiences with macOS give me insight into its strengths. macOS has gained traction in recent years, particularly among users who find Windows 10’s out-of-the-box experience lacking or who aren’t ready to commit to Linux.

One of macOS’s key selling points is its consistent user experience. It’s intuitive for novices and offers seamless compatibility with Adobe and Microsoft Office suites—products that are less accessible on Linux. During the pandemic, I remote into many machines, and about a third of them run macOS. While I personally prefer the flexibility of Linux, macOS’s reliability and ease-of-use make it an attractive option for those who don’t want to delve deep into OS customization.

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### **The Final Verdict: No Single Best Option**

When it comes down to it, no single operating system is universally superior. Each has its niche and strengths:

- **Linux**: Ideal for power users and professionals seeking customization and efficiency.

- **Windows**: Perfect for gamers and those who rely on Microsoft Office and Adobe products.

- **macOS**: A solid choice for users prioritizing a consistent, user-friendly experience.

The key takeaway is that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. The best OS for you depends on your specific needs and preferences. If possible, familiarize yourself with all three to determine which aligns best with your workflow.

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### **Final Thoughts**

In the realm of operating systems, diversity is strength. Being proficient in multiple OSes broadens your skill set, making you a more versatile problem-solver—especially if you’re entering the IT field. Each OS has its time and place, and embracing this diversity can lead to greater efficiency and satisfaction in your computing experience.

So, whether you’re a Linux die-hard, a Windows veteran, or a macOS user looking for stability, remember that each system has its purpose. Choose the one that serves *you* best, and don’t shy away from exploring others along the way.

If you have any thoughts or questions about this topic, feel free to leave a comment below. I’d love to hear your experiences with these operating systems!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso one of the biggest questions I always get asked is what's the best operating system or you know what operating system should I use and I it's a really hard question to answer because in my opinion operating system really doesn't matter that much it just depends on what you're doing and I'm going to show you the three use cases I see why I use like a Windows why I would use Linux why I would use Mac OS because each one I I think has their place in the computer realm to many people I think always think hey one operating system needs to conquer all and that's just not how it is in in real life you know so let's get into all three as I'm certified in Windows and have worked in Windows for probably about twenty years now and when it comes to Linux I've obviously made a ton of Linux videos probably upwards of two hundred fluidics videos in YouTube and then Mac it's kind of like the the final one I don't actually have a Mac machine here to kind of do a showcase run through but I'll kind of give you my final thoughts on it as I do have a couple certifications albeit older ones going over Mac OS so let's talk about these three operating systems and what their use cases are for myself and maybe you as well because it's really interesting to see the evolution of many of them so let's get into it so the first one up here is gonna be Linux obviously I've made the most YouTube videos about Linux Linux is obviously my daily driver but I really love Linux once I got used to it when I first did it you can watch my first 30 days on Linux actually did it on the channel when I did fold Linux desktop I was very familiar with like server and and more of the professional scene of Linux but not really using it as a daily driver like this so Linux itself when you're flipping through I have my as a tiling window manager and you know you can launch different now terminals you can go into like let's say I want to go over to my web browser and just hit this up and say okay I want to watch all these and go into this one launch that you know you can do whatever you want in here and it's very powerful once you get used to it but again a very sharp learning curve probably the sharpest learning curve of all three but probably the biggest pay out of all three as well as I'm more efficient in Linux now when I'm making videos when I'm doing stuff heck the other day I think I was talking to someone and I was making a little Windows video and it was it was a little bit harder to make when it came to the windows video because I was constantly having a deal with like updates and other things where the Linux experience is just much more consistent but that's not to say Linux is all roses I mean it's is fantastic for making you know playing music in the background while editing a video and then you can go ahead launch into this and if you have just some you know older game that you want to play you can go ahead and launch into you know your Lutra sand launch into that game and play it so it's really good for base applications and a majority of computer users could be comfortable in Linux however it's probably the most badly misunderstood of all three and again a very sharp learning curve but well worth it so if you really want to go down this path go through my whole Windows to Linux series it's pretty applicable pretty much any computer user and you'll be able to at least get started in Linux but don't anticipate a smooth transition it does take time really it took me about two months before I really became comfortable in Linux in probably six months before I was far more efficient in Linux than other operating systems so that was my journey let's flip over to Windows and old windows this is what I've spent most of my life in Windows 10 obviously is about five years old at this time you notice most of my most popular videos on this channel are over deep loading windows making minimal installs just making windows comfortable Windows by itself is kind of a weird operating system in the fact that it has all of the market share or a good majority of it I think it's about 75 to 80 percent right now and it doesn't have a really great experience out of the box because it has a lot of things running in the background so like just a simple task manager here you can kind of see about a hundred processes this is on a deep bloated install that doesn't have a whole lot of garbage in it so this is me stripping down windows to make it really functional so I could use it for gaming because that's where Windows really shines is gaming as it has the most compatibility you can play the most games on it and when you come in into like Microsoft Office and some office applications obviously when using like office 365 you're gonna probably want to be on a Windows machine but that's not to say you should be so I'll go into the the final one that's what kind of Mac is starting to come into play when it comes to just base office users or maybe even novices that really haven't had a lot of computer experience but before we get to that I just kind of want to say when it comes to Windows I still use it I still use it on a weekly basis to play certain games certain things I do on Windows requires that operating system so it's fine for that I do miss a lot of my functionality from Linux when I'm in Windows but I do like the added compatibility with all the programs so I already mentioned Microsoft Office but also the Dobby suite is where most people on the Internet really have the most issues with Windows so at Acrobat and premiere and those types of things are what most Windows users use when you're getting past the gaming section but past that that's really all I have to say about Windows now the third and final one is Mac OS and Mac OS has really gained a lot of market share in the past couple years as Windows 10 just doesn't have a very good out-of-the-box experience and a lot of people can't take the time to learn Linux and really can appreciate it so that's where Mac OS kind of fills this gap for the novus is out there or people that just want their computer to work a certain way but they don't really necessarily want to learn how an operating system works or how things function in an operating system a lot of people have chosen Mac mainly because you still get the Adobe line and then also the Microsoft Office line these are two big product suites that Linux doesn't have even though there are more noob friendly distributions in the Linux realm when it comes to Mac OS I think it's more Universal most people can pick up a Mac and do basic functions it's really kind of surprising like when I'm remoting in like out of this whole pandemic I've had to remote into a ton of machines and probably about a third of those machines are Mac users when I'm talking about you know just in users laptops and Mac I treat kind of like Linux a lot of times because I really don't like its interface I don't like its workflow but it's a very consistent experience that's why people choose it because once you learn the Mac experience it's not bad it's not good but it's consistent that's really where it shines where it's always a certain thing it's a walled garden you have your specific software suite and at the end of the day it just simply works and that's a big big deal so that's where Mac kind of fills all this in I like I said I don't particularly use it because I really like Linux but then again I don't use Microsoft Office that much and I definitely don't use the Adobe suite anymore so it just depends on where you fit in as a user but all three of them have their purposes I'm not gonna say one is better than the other because at the end of the day I used multiple operating systems I'll use a Mac albeit a lot of times I'm pulling up spotlight and launching terminal because that's where I'm most comfortable and it feels better to me than you know using finder or any of the Mac stuff but needless to say I don't want to crap on any of these three I just want to say each one has their time and place and to just say one operating system is completely better than any other I think is just short-sighted and I've made that video where I was like hey this operating system is the best but I really think everyone should learn all three and get comfortable in all three if you can is especially if you're going into IT being able to work in all three is a triple threat kind of thing and that's really important for just understanding what users are going through and understanding how to support people it's it's big deal so I'm not gonna say they don't matter when it comes to operating systems but I'm not gonna say one's better than another anymore I'm gonna just say each one has their time in place and you should use what's best for you depending on your needs so that's where I'm gonna leave this video what are your comments let me know down below because I'm always looking forward to them I've been really focusing more on comment driven stuff so if there's any comments I usually read through and I'm like you know what that might make a great video because that's where most these video ideas come from and a big shout out to all my patrons without you I couldn't make videos like this one and I'll see you in the next oneso one of the biggest questions I always get asked is what's the best operating system or you know what operating system should I use and I it's a really hard question to answer because in my opinion operating system really doesn't matter that much it just depends on what you're doing and I'm going to show you the three use cases I see why I use like a Windows why I would use Linux why I would use Mac OS because each one I I think has their place in the computer realm to many people I think always think hey one operating system needs to conquer all and that's just not how it is in in real life you know so let's get into all three as I'm certified in Windows and have worked in Windows for probably about twenty years now and when it comes to Linux I've obviously made a ton of Linux videos probably upwards of two hundred fluidics videos in YouTube and then Mac it's kind of like the the final one I don't actually have a Mac machine here to kind of do a showcase run through but I'll kind of give you my final thoughts on it as I do have a couple certifications albeit older ones going over Mac OS so let's talk about these three operating systems and what their use cases are for myself and maybe you as well because it's really interesting to see the evolution of many of them so let's get into it so the first one up here is gonna be Linux obviously I've made the most YouTube videos about Linux Linux is obviously my daily driver but I really love Linux once I got used to it when I first did it you can watch my first 30 days on Linux actually did it on the channel when I did fold Linux desktop I was very familiar with like server and and more of the professional scene of Linux but not really using it as a daily driver like this so Linux itself when you're flipping through I have my as a tiling window manager and you know you can launch different now terminals you can go into like let's say I want to go over to my web browser and just hit this up and say okay I want to watch all these and go into this one launch that you know you can do whatever you want in here and it's very powerful once you get used to it but again a very sharp learning curve probably the sharpest learning curve of all three but probably the biggest pay out of all three as well as I'm more efficient in Linux now when I'm making videos when I'm doing stuff heck the other day I think I was talking to someone and I was making a little Windows video and it was it was a little bit harder to make when it came to the windows video because I was constantly having a deal with like updates and other things where the Linux experience is just much more consistent but that's not to say Linux is all roses I mean it's is fantastic for making you know playing music in the background while editing a video and then you can go ahead launch into this and if you have just some you know older game that you want to play you can go ahead and launch into you know your Lutra sand launch into that game and play it so it's really good for base applications and a majority of computer users could be comfortable in Linux however it's probably the most badly misunderstood of all three and again a very sharp learning curve but well worth it so if you really want to go down this path go through my whole Windows to Linux series it's pretty applicable pretty much any computer user and you'll be able to at least get started in Linux but don't anticipate a smooth transition it does take time really it took me about two months before I really became comfortable in Linux in probably six months before I was far more efficient in Linux than other operating systems so that was my journey let's flip over to Windows and old windows this is what I've spent most of my life in Windows 10 obviously is about five years old at this time you notice most of my most popular videos on this channel are over deep loading windows making minimal installs just making windows comfortable Windows by itself is kind of a weird operating system in the fact that it has all of the market share or a good majority of it I think it's about 75 to 80 percent right now and it doesn't have a really great experience out of the box because it has a lot of things running in the background so like just a simple task manager here you can kind of see about a hundred processes this is on a deep bloated install that doesn't have a whole lot of garbage in it so this is me stripping down windows to make it really functional so I could use it for gaming because that's where Windows really shines is gaming as it has the most compatibility you can play the most games on it and when you come in into like Microsoft Office and some office applications obviously when using like office 365 you're gonna probably want to be on a Windows machine but that's not to say you should be so I'll go into the the final one that's what kind of Mac is starting to come into play when it comes to just base office users or maybe even novices that really haven't had a lot of computer experience but before we get to that I just kind of want to say when it comes to Windows I still use it I still use it on a weekly basis to play certain games certain things I do on Windows requires that operating system so it's fine for that I do miss a lot of my functionality from Linux when I'm in Windows but I do like the added compatibility with all the programs so I already mentioned Microsoft Office but also the Dobby suite is where most people on the Internet really have the most issues with Windows so at Acrobat and premiere and those types of things are what most Windows users use when you're getting past the gaming section but past that that's really all I have to say about Windows now the third and final one is Mac OS and Mac OS has really gained a lot of market share in the past couple years as Windows 10 just doesn't have a very good out-of-the-box experience and a lot of people can't take the time to learn Linux and really can appreciate it so that's where Mac OS kind of fills this gap for the novus is out there or people that just want their computer to work a certain way but they don't really necessarily want to learn how an operating system works or how things function in an operating system a lot of people have chosen Mac mainly because you still get the Adobe line and then also the Microsoft Office line these are two big product suites that Linux doesn't have even though there are more noob friendly distributions in the Linux realm when it comes to Mac OS I think it's more Universal most people can pick up a Mac and do basic functions it's really kind of surprising like when I'm remoting in like out of this whole pandemic I've had to remote into a ton of machines and probably about a third of those machines are Mac users when I'm talking about you know just in users laptops and Mac I treat kind of like Linux a lot of times because I really don't like its interface I don't like its workflow but it's a very consistent experience that's why people choose it because once you learn the Mac experience it's not bad it's not good but it's consistent that's really where it shines where it's always a certain thing it's a walled garden you have your specific software suite and at the end of the day it just simply works and that's a big big deal so that's where Mac kind of fills all this in I like I said I don't particularly use it because I really like Linux but then again I don't use Microsoft Office that much and I definitely don't use the Adobe suite anymore so it just depends on where you fit in as a user but all three of them have their purposes I'm not gonna say one is better than the other because at the end of the day I used multiple operating systems I'll use a Mac albeit a lot of times I'm pulling up spotlight and launching terminal because that's where I'm most comfortable and it feels better to me than you know using finder or any of the Mac stuff but needless to say I don't want to crap on any of these three I just want to say each one has their time and place and to just say one operating system is completely better than any other I think is just short-sighted and I've made that video where I was like hey this operating system is the best but I really think everyone should learn all three and get comfortable in all three if you can is especially if you're going into IT being able to work in all three is a triple threat kind of thing and that's really important for just understanding what users are going through and understanding how to support people it's it's big deal so I'm not gonna say they don't matter when it comes to operating systems but I'm not gonna say one's better than another anymore I'm gonna just say each one has their time in place and you should use what's best for you depending on your needs so that's where I'm gonna leave this video what are your comments let me know down below because I'm always looking forward to them I've been really focusing more on comment driven stuff so if there's any comments I usually read through and I'm like you know what that might make a great video because that's where most these video ideas come from and a big shout out to all my patrons without you I couldn't make videos like this one and I'll see you in the next one\n"