[Mashiro]

@deanhills

How did you come to the conclusion that Windows is also based on Linux?

Initially Windows was a graphical addon for MS-DOS. Later on with Windows 95 it has become its own kernel and OS. With Windows XP Microsoft introduced another major Windows kernel version called "NT" for new technology.

And even MS-DOS wasn't based on Linux or Unix. It is its own thing based on PC DOS which in return bases on other earlier forms of DOS. Again no relation to Unix or Linux.

What nonsense to say that Windows is/was based on Linux or Unix.

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On the topic:

I would recommend Debian or Linux Mint as great alternatives. You could say Ubuntu but remember that Ubuntu is basically the Microsoft of Linux (telemetry, unwanted apps *cough Amazon*). Linux Mint is free of all that crap but is very similar to Ubuntu and Debian. In fact it uses Ubuntu software sources. So you get to use the good things of Ubuntu without the trash that Ubuntu has in it.

I use Linux Mint with Cinnamon on my Acer Swift One and it works great. The UI of Cinnamon is bascially like Windows in terms of taskbar and menu. So you easily get used to it in that regards. Unlike the Ubuntu GNOME variant.