Titled “That Black Hole Called Linux,” it is, in our opinion, well worth reading.
After several years (from 3 to 7) of using the GNU/Linux operating systems, after a long period of administering the Ubuntu technical support jabber conference (2 years), I (Fer_re), together with comrades ptarh, vestus (Vest), sunnny_s (Alexander_L) and others, came to the conclusion stated below.
I would like to dedicate this short text to everyone who wants to try installing this operating system on their computer.
I'll tell you just one drawback of Linux, friends. Linux is a giant temporary black hole. Wasting time on Linux is absolutely useless because the result will be skills and knowledge that can only be applied in Linux.
The circle closes - you spend more time on Linux so that you can direct the resulting knowledge to Linux and waste time, etc.
Knowledge of Linux is absolutely useless, no one needs it and is not for sale. You won’t be able to buy an apartment, a car, or a dacha with your knowledge of Linux. Using a normal operating system, you can become artists, scientists, engineers, programmers. Using Linux, you can only become foul-smelling system administrators in a sweater and work for a meager salary. And despite the fact that while you are in school (or at the university, but you are unemployed), you like this prospect and seem romantic, after a few years you will understand that time has flown down the toilet and cannot be returned.
All the promises that the developers of any Linux distribution make, and, by and large, any software for it, are zilch, empty words, nothing is fulfilled. All the achievements of these developers are just reinventing the wheel, copying technologies; For more than 18 years, they have never offered anything new. In Linux, things work with squeaks, crackles and problems that have not raised any questions in other OSes for 5 years.
Linux is an information black hole. Occupying only 1% of the desktop market, the entire IT sector of the Internet is filled with information about it. Moreover, if you install Linux, you will only be interested in it, read only about it, talk only about it. Linux is a lie, a complete lie, like in a totalitarian state - they will tell you that just a little more, a few more years and we will win, but in fact, if you look at the usual statistics, you will see that interest in this OS It only goes down over the years.
Linux is a black hole for your self-identity. While you are young, it seems to you that being different from others, belonging to some narrow group of people is cool, it’s great. However, in fact, informals are synonymous with losers. Linux will change the way you look at the world, you will no longer see computers as just a tool for solving problems, but will judge people by what OS they have installed. It will seem to you that since you belong to the 1% of people, then you have become an elite, your opinion is important and significant. In fact, no one likes Linux people, and the only reaction to their statements is to twirl your finger at your temple.
If you want to install Linux, then, of course, no one can stop you. But think for a second - if you spend 3-4 years learning programming, won't you become a guru? If you study science for 3-4 years, won't you become a bachelor? If you work, won't you earn several tens of thousands of dollars? At the end of the day, if you suddenly have 3-4 years of free time, then play games. At least you'll enjoy it.
Which is installed on the computer, can arise in a variety of situations. For example, in most cases, in order to download, you must first specify your version of Windows.
If you find yourself in a similar situation and don’t know your version of Windows, then this article should help you. We offer you several ways to find out which Windows is on your computer.
Method number 1. Computer properties.
If there is one on your desktop (namely an icon, not a shortcut), then you can find out which Windows is on your computer using it. To do this, right-click on this icon and select the “Properties” menu item.
After this, a window will open with information about your computer. The Windows version will be indicated here, as well as basic information about the computer (processor name, amount of RAM).
There is also information about the bitness of your operating system. Almost at the very bottom of the window, opposite the “System type” item.
It should be noted that if you do not have a computer icon on your desktop, then you can call up this window using the Windows key combination + Pause/Break.
Method number 2. WinVer command.
The second way to find out which Windows is on your computer is the WinVer command. Press the Windows + R key combination and enter the WinVer command in the menu that appears.
After this, a window will appear on the screen with basic information about your operating system. Here you can find out which Windows is installed on your computer, as well as its version and build number.
Method number 3. Systeminfo command.
Another useful command that will allow you to find out which Windows is installed on your computer is the systeminfo command. To use this command, type systeminfo and press enter. After this, basic information about your computer will appear on the screen. Among this information you will be able to find your Windows version.
You can also execute this command in another way. To do this, press the Windows + R key combination and enter cmd /k systeminfo in the window that opens.
In this case, the Command Prompt will be launched first, and only then the systeminfo command will be executed in it.
Method number 4. System Information window.
The last method we'll look at is the System Information window. To open this window, press the Windows + R key combination and enter the command msinfo32 in the window that appears.
After this, the “System Information” window will open in front of you, in which you can find out which Windows is installed on your computer. Finding this information will be easy because it will immediately appear before your eyes.
If you have any difficulties executing the msinfo32 command, you can open this window by searching in the Start menu. To do this, simply enter “System information” into the search and open the found program.
Very often at work I come across a situation where many users do not know basic things about their computer, namely, what version of the Windows operating system is installed. Therefore, in this article I want to tell you in detail how to find out which Windows is on your computer. You need to know this information in the following cases:
In general, you can give many examples, and if you have landed on this page, then most likely you need this information now. By the way, it is also important to know whether your system is 32 or 64 bit, because if you need to install drivers for the equipment, then when downloading you need to select the driver depending on the bitness of Windows.
Probably the very first thing that comes to mind where to look at the version of Windows is the system properties. There are several ways to enter system properties:
In order to enter system properties through the control panel, follow the steps:
In order to open “System Properties” using the “My Computer” icon, perform the following steps. On the desktop, right-click on the “Computer” icon and select properties from the drop-down list. This will open the System Properties window.
This is one of the options for finding out which Windows is on your computer. Let's look at other examples to have a complete understanding of this issue.
The next option for finding out the system version is to use the Winver utility utility, which is designed specifically to provide the user with information about the system.
To find out the information we need, follow these steps:
This method is also quite simple, but not all of you probably know about it, so I consider it my duty to enlighten you.
It is possible to view the Windows version via the command line; read how to do this below:
Note! There is a slightly different way to run the systeminfo command.
Open the “Run” window, in the “Open” field enter the command cmd /k systeminfo 
In this case, the command line will first start and the systeminfo command will be executed in it.
In this option, information about the installed system is obtained in a couple of clicks.
Let's look at another way to find out which Windows is installed on your computer using the "System Information" utility. To open it, you need to launch the “Run” line with the keyboard shortcut “Win + R”. Enter the command “msinfo32” and click the “Ok” button. 
A new window will open in which you will get all the information about your installed operating system. 
If for some reason the msinfo32 command does not work for you, you can open the “Start” menu and enter “System Information” in the search bar. After the search finds matches, launch the utility.
If you don’t have enough information about Windows that you can view through the system, you can use various utilities. I use the AIDA64 program (old version of Everest) for these purposes. You can download it on the official website – www.aida64.com/downloads
The program is paid, but has a 30-day trial period, this will be enough for you and me. Therefore, download and install the program. After launching it, go to the “Operating system” item. The program will provide you with all the information that was collected. 
Also in this section there is an interesting tab “Opening hours”. There the program shows information about failures, “ ”, as well as the percentage of system operability. I don’t know how objective this information is, but pay attention to it. The AIDA program provides the user with more detailed information about the system than the built-in Windows utilities.
As you can see, it is not very difficult to find out which Windows is installed on your computer using system tools, as well as using third-party utilities. In fact, this information is available to the user in a couple of mouse clicks, but not everyone knows about it and faces difficulties when searching. I hope the information in this article was more than useful to you.
What operating system is on your computer? Users usually answer: Windows (or say something else if they use Linux or Mac). Sometimes a version is added to this (8, 10, etc.) But often this is not enough. You need to know not only the name and number of your OS, but also the build number, version of the service pack (if provided), etc. Let's look at how to find out the computer's operating system exactly depending on its version.
Microsoft's most popular OS today has become famous (not in the best sense) for its intrusive upgrade offers. Sometimes these updates are really helpful and worth installing. Sometimes, on the contrary, it is better to skip the next sentence containing errors and wait until they are corrected.
But in both cases, you need to know the exact version of your OS in order to decide whether to accept the offer from Redmond or refuse.
How to find out what operating system is on your computer in the case of Windows 10? The simplest way is this:
After this, a small window will appear on the screen, which provides all the key information about your OS version:
When it comes to updates, the key element is the OS build number. This is what you need to look at to understand whether to update or wait for now.
If for some reason you don't have a Windows key on your keyboard (let's say you're using a Bluetooth keyboard for mobile devices), there are other ways to send a command to the system:
As a result, you will get the same window as when you entered the command through Win-R.
The winver command also works for previous versions of Windows. If you run a command through the Win+R keyboard shortcut, there will be no differences either in the launch process or in the window in which the system displays the results.
If you run a command through the search menu, then instead of the command, the search will show you the winver.exe file that you are prompted to run. Run it: it will give the same result.
The operating system, released before the mass craze for touch screens, has a slightly different interface. In particular, the Start menu is launched there using a round button, although the button is located in the same left corner. But there is no separate “Search” button on the desktop.
This is the description of your version of Windows. Similar to more recent versions, this window also shows the Windows generation, version number, build number, service pack and licensing information.
The window title also shows which edition of Windows 7 you have installed (Elementary, Home Basic, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate, etc.) Please note that in Windows 10 the title is not so informative.
If you use good old XP, then the algorithm for finding out what OS is on your computer will be like this:
An information window will appear before your eyes, the design of which will be in the style of Windows XP. In terms of information content, it will be more reminiscent of Vista than 8 or 10. In the window you can read the following data:
The last item on our entire list is unique to Windows XP.
We will not go deeper and explore ways to find out the version of Millennuim, 98 or 95. If such rarities work on your computer, then you probably have special reasons for this, and therefore you already know how to find out the version of the operating system on your computer .
We looked at the simplest way to get information about the version of your operating system. However, it produces relatively sparse data. There are enough of them to decide whether to accept or not accept the update. But sometimes you need to find out more about your system - for example, its capacity or information about hardware.
There is a more advanced method for finding out the OS on a computer. It is based on a key element of Windows - the Control Panel.
In the window that opens, more modern versions of Windows (for example, 10) will not show the classic Control Panel, but its modern version, adapted for touch control. However, it will show key data:
To go to the classic “System” tab of the traditional Control Panel, in versions 8 and 10 you need:
The panel that opens will contain much more data than the window that opens using the winver command. In particular, you can read there:
Sometimes this data turns out to be more informative than a simple winver panel.
In other versions of the OS, you can enter this tab by launching the Control Panel using the method provided for this particular edition of Windows.
In Windows XP, to view system properties you need to:
The System Properties tab will open, showing roughly the same information as the System tab in Control Panel.
Finally, if you have a working internet connection, you can simply follow , and the site will automatically recognize your version (though not with such precise details). There will also be instructions for a more precise definition, specifically for your OS.
I am often asked the question, how can I determine what operating system is on my computer? This is a really important question, especially when installing drivers, programs or solving some other problems. As practice shows, many novice users do not know this or confuse the operating system with a version of a text editor, with the 1C accounting program, and God knows what else.
So, for those who do not yet understand what a computer operating system is, I will explain it in simple language. operating system, this is the most important program that is loaded on your computer first, and without which you will not be able to install all other programs and access the Internet, play, write, draw, watch movies, etc.
It's the operating system on your desktop that allows you to do all this. There are many of these systems, but mostly everyone uses the Windows operating system. The most popular today are the operating systems Windows 7 and Windows 10. There are also Windows XP (or as it is also called - Hryusha), Windows Vista, Windows 8, Linux, and others.
And although Windows 7 will soon no longer be updated, it still remains a favorite for many users. That's why I try to tell everything about it and about Windows 10.
Due to the fact that many users do not understand the difference between the operating system and the program in which they usually work, all sorts of misunderstandings and incidents occur. So our chief accountant constantly calls the programmer department and proves that she works in the eight, and therefore there are constant glitches in her salary.
They start calling me back and asking why I installed Windows 8 for her? After all, this operating system never caught on and is not suitable for office work. We have to explain that for our chief accountant the operating system is the accounting program 1C version 8.2, and her operating system is Windows 7. And her accounting program is buggy, not the operating system.
So, so that you, too, do not find yourself in such a stupid position as our chief accountant, look at what operating system you have and remember this.
In any Windows operating system, you can find out in several ways, but I will tell you about the easiest one. Just right-click on the “ My computer" (in Windows XP), " Computer" (in Windows 7), " This computer"(in Windows 10), or according to this inscription in the menu" Start" and select the item " Properties».
The window “ System" in which there is a block called " View basic information about your computer", where the version of your operating system is stated and its logo is shown.
pay attention to System type. I have a 64-bit operating system installed. And there is also 32-bit. This is important to know for installing programs, games and drivers.
If something is not clear, then watch the video on how to find out what operating system is installed on my computer:
