Linux is a much more open platform than windows. It&#x27;s only downside is that most people think it&#x27;s difficult to use.<p>I cannot think of any reasons why you&#x27;d think windows is open, especially when comparing it to Linux. You were talking about installing, yet fail to realise that pkg managers aren&#x27;t the only way. I mean most Linux users regularly compile binaries directly from the source. How is that not open? Perhaps you&#x27;d like to elaborate.