The procedure to create shortcuts, as an example, is rather convoluted. I originally looked this up because I was 90% sure that you could just use New-Item and it'd just work.
The problem is that even if you install things with a package manager like Chocolatey and do not hunt for installer wizards on the Internet (the default Windows way to install software), applications don't commonly add themselves to the PATH and it's just a pain to get it working.
Getting a C/C++ compiler on Windows is a menace. To my knowledge, there are two ways to do it. Either install Visual Studio which will also install the MSVC compiler, or wrangle with MinGW to get GCC.
In the first-year CS classes I attended, the instructions were usually to either get WSL and install the gcc package or to connect using SSH to the engineering server (CentOS 7) which has it pre-installed.
Although I don't own and never will own an HP printer, I've found that I've never had to install printer drivers on Linux. Sometimes the printer is not automatically found or it gets forgotten and needs to be re-added, but other than that it really requires no setup at all. I'm not sure if this experience is common.
Am I stupid? This adds up to 96%. It can't be a rounding error since it's more than 3% off.
That's the reason why the people who switch from the default operating system are a small minority.
This is like saying every lock is pickable so don't lock the door at all.
This is what crypto wallets recommend you do. I don't see why that's a bad solution for backing up.
Off on a tangent here, but I think now is the proper time to say that people, when it comes to security, have no idea what's good for them.
Before Google implemented this cloud sync feature, people were constantly complaining online about how they really wanted their TOTP codes to sync when they got a new phone. Nobody stops to consider the security implications of chasing convenience, but if you stop to warn them, suddenly you're the bad guy for creating problems or "opposing their solution".
Some people don't want their computer to be a challenge. They don't want to be able to notice the operating system at all. For most people, the operating system is a means to an end.
Apple could fix this by making the phone a few millimetres thicker but I think we both know why they don't
You can try some free Linux antivirus software programs like ClamAV but realistically, as long as you mainly install software through your distro's package management software or graphical app store, you're probably fine.
Although not all open-source software is safe, it's a hundred times less likely to be malicious for the sole reason that it's out in the open for someone to verify, and they'd get busted immediately if they tried something untoward.