As many others have written, it depends what you intend to use it for and what applications you wish to run.

My home computer is used for gaming. The Linux graphics drivers are not as well developed as those for Windows, so inevitably I end up on Windows. However, I have a small Raspberry PI running Raspbian (which is based off the Linux kernel) that is perfectly adequate for web browsing. I wouldn't use it for gaming - well maybe Minecraft at a push.

Note that Linux only truly refers to the kernel of the OS.

Over the years I have dual booted Ubuntu, Mint and Mandriva. The main issue is that the Linux derived OSs are still a little rough around the edges. So it you are happy to go diving into the details when something isn't quite right, then its a good OS for you. If however, you want something that you don't need to occasionally look under the "bonnet" then Apple might be better.

I dislike Apple for the fact that it tends to push you into its own eco-system. Microsoft also has some of these bad habits.

Although I run Windows, I still run GIMP, LibreOffice, etc on my home computer. Using LibreOffice in particular does cause some compatibility issues when sharing files with MS Office users. But its no major problem. Most of the open source applications have versions for Windows. Less so for Apple.

As a historical interest, there have been times when I have been tempted to emulate a VAX/VMS cluster on the Raspberry PI. The Raspberry PI far exceeds the processing power of a MicroVAX of course.

Mark

As many others have written, it depends what you intend to use it for and what applications you wish to run.

My home computer is used for gaming. The Linux graphics drivers are not as well developed as those for Windows, so inevitably I end up on Windows. However, I have a small Raspberry PI running Raspbian (which is based off the Linux kernel) that is perfectly adequate for web browsing. I wouldn't use it for gaming - well maybe Minecraft at a push.

Note that Linux only truly refers to the kernel of the OS.

Over the years I have dual booted Ubuntu, Mint and Mandriva. The main issue is that the Linux derived OSs are still a little rough around the edges. So it you are happy to go diving into the details when something isn't quite right, then its a good OS for you. If however, you want something that you don't need to occasionally look under the "bonnet" then Apple might be better.

I dislike Apple for the fact that it tends to push you into its own eco-system. Microsoft also has some of these bad habits.

Although I run Windows, I still run GIMP, LibreOffice, etc on my home computer. Using LibreOffice in particular does cause some compatibility issues when sharing files with MS Office users. But its no major problem. Most of the open source applications have versions for Windows. Less so for Apple.

As a historical interest, there have been times when I have been tempted to emulate a VAX/VMS cluster on the Raspberry PI. The Raspberry PI far exceeds the processing power of a MicroVAX of course.

Mark