Intro:

 While many individuals know about the operating system Windows

10, not many know about Ubuntu. On this paper, I will be comparing
Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.04 to see which is better for general
consumers. When talking about general consumers, I am mainly
focusing on consumers that only use their computers for web
browsing, office application, and playing video games. I will be
comparing pros and cons for both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04.

Pros and Cons of Windows 10:

 The 3 main reasons I found Windows 10 more attractive than Ubuntu
is that Windows 10 has Office 365, is supported by most companies,
and has Cortana.

 I believe that having Office 365 is a main selling point for using
Windows 10 over Ubuntu because Office 365 does not officially
support Ubuntu. In the Microsoft website that shows the list of
operating systems Office 365 does support, Ubuntu is not listed.
Office 365 not being supported by Ubuntu is significant because most
individuals that use Word, Excel, or Powerpoint use Microsoft Office.
While Ubuntu does have LibreOffice, LibreOffice also works in
Windows. Windows being able to use both Office 365 and LibreOffice
gives Windows an edge over Ubuntu.
 The reason why Windows 10 or Windows in general is supported by
most companies is that it holds most of the market share on operating
system compared to other operating systems. At this time of the
report, Windows held 88.05% of the market share while Linux only
held 2.04%. The rest of the market share is held by Mac OS at 9.4%,
Chrome OS at 0.31%, and Unknown or Berkeley Software Design at
0.3%. Since Windows holds most of the market share, this shows that
most personal computers use Windows as their main operating
system. Because of its popularity, other companies want to support it.
An example of companies supporting Windows 10 is video games.
Video game companies generally design their video game to run on
Windows.

 I also find Cortana a compelling reason to get Windows 10 over

Ubuntu. Cortana can be used for productivity, such as reminders,
sending emails, showing to do lists; utilities such as searching
documents, creating and deleting alarms, and finding facts. Because
of these reasons, I find Cortana to be a neat digital assistant. Unlike
Windows 10 however, Ubuntu does not have any digital assistant.

 While there are numerous things Microsoft did right with Windows 10,
Windows 10 is not perfect. The 3 main negative reasons why
individuals should not use Windows 10 is that it forces users to
automatically update their system, collects user data and reports it to
Microsoft, and is less secure compared to Ubuntu 18.04.

 I believe that forcing the user to update their operating system is a

negative point for Windows 10. There are times the update has
negative effects on the computer and it becomes worse when the user
did not want the update to begin with. An example of an update that
had negative effects on the users is the Windows 10 update, version
1809. According to Jack Alexander, a reporter of Fstoppers, the
automatic update has removed documents such as photos, videos,
music, and other documents (Alexander).