15 Had Commodore not gone bust, and continued their line of Amiga computers, fast forward today. What innovation would we have, how would their machines differ from mainstream Windows desktops and laptops of the 2020s and beyond?

16 Why is Ubuntu better than Windows?

17 Why couldn't Microsoft become the main rival to Apple's iOS?

18 Why do movies and TV shows often show fake operating systems and software interfaces?

19 Why is Windows not considered open source when you can literally just open all its registry files and see how they're written?

20 Has anyone actually tried running windows 98 with 8 or 10 GB of RAM, which would be considered an insane amount back then?

21 What do Linux kernel developers think of Linus Torvalds?

22 Why is Linux so buggy?

23 What are the advantages of using Ubuntu against Windows?

24 What does Linux lack (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, SUSE, etc.) compared to Windows?

25 If DOS is single-tasking, how was multitasking possible in the old version of Windows?

26 Why does Ubuntu not need to restart after completing a software update?

27 What is the equivalent of a binary executable (exe) as in Windows for Linux?

28 If I were to attend DEF CON (Hacking Conference), which operating systems would I most likely see booted up?

29 Why does Ubuntu Linux have less users although it is a free operating system and Windows has more users?

30 Why is Linux Mint considered a distro only used by new users? I have Arch installed on virt-manager, I've distro hopped like mad, but Mint just works. Why not use it as a power user?

31 Why does Windows need to restart the computer to apply its updates, but a Linux machine can seemingly run uninterrupted forever?

32 I am shifting from Windows to Linux. What are some explanations for Linux, as I am new to it? What programs work on Linux? What doesn’t?

33 Why does Microsoft make it so difficult to manage and control what Windows 10 does? I have spent hours trying to reduce the overhead being consumed by programs and services that are running when they are not needed.

34 Can you build a computer and put Mac OS on it?

35 What are the differences between Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora?

36 What are the shell commands that a novice user should never execute on Linux?

37 Why was Windows XP such a big deal?

38 I am planning to move from Windows to Linux. I know that there exists a simple command that will destroy my file system, and that I should never execute. What is it?

39 What should I do after installing Ubuntu?

40 If RAM needs an operating system to work, and an operating system needs RAM in order to work, how does your computer activate its RAM to load the operating system?

41 Why is Windows 3.1 often treated like it is the first version of Windows?

42 Which version of Windows is Bill Gates running?

43 Why has Apple been so weak in PC gaming?

44 Why has the use of Ubuntu decreased? Is it due to the user-friendly features of Microsoft's operating system that are similar to those in Ubuntu?

45 Why was UNIX so expensive compared to Windows, and how did that affect its popularity for home users back in the day?

46 Why are main disks in our computer called C: by default and not A:?

47 What are some time-saving tips that every Linux user should know?

48 On MacOS why with a 500GB disk does the “df” command show 100GB free space while About This Mac “storage” tab says 250GB available? Which should I believe?

49 How were you shocked by first using MS Windows 95?

50 What's the difference between "/bin/" and "/usr/bin" in Linux?

51 Why was C chosen as the primary programming language for Windows NT?

52 How do programming languages implement "sleep" functions? What exactly happens when you call a "sleep" function? Is it a different implementation in different languages? Is the kernel involved?

53 Why can't Linux run on Apple M1 Macs? Can't Linux be compiled for Arm arch?

54 What would happen if I used Windows 95 now?

55 Who created DOS, IBM or Microsoft?

56 In Ubuntu, is there any reason to run Firefox through the terminal instead of clicking the icon as you would normally do?

57 Why do GPUs require drivers to work properly on Windows, but CPUs do not?

58 What will happen if we use more than 4GB of memory in a 32-bit system? Will the system be able to use more than 4GB? Under what conditions can a system have more than 4GB of memory?

59 What was it like to use Apple’s System 1 operating system?

60 Why do I need an 8th generation or later processor for Windows 11, if you could run it on a 64-bit Pentium 4? What’s wrong with a 20-year-old 64-bit processor and Windows 11?

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