Yes. My windows takes literally 10 minutes to boot. I am counting here from the moment i press the button to the moment it is usable (when I can run applications and use them). I have a HDD and each time I boot windows services are always looking to update something which starves the other apps. It’s really a clog. If I want to use it faster I need to bring up the task manager and kill each update thing one by one until I killed them all.
Program easily and efficiently. Not having to wait 5 minutes for a window to come. Fast boot/reboot times (less than 10 minutes). Native support for many things without having to install them. Installing is usually as easy as running an apt-get command. Not having to kill update processes because they take 100% of your disk bandwidth and starve all your other apps.
Windows feels like an ugly and sloggy system with a ton of duck tapes. Only reason I use it on my gaming laptop is for games.
Linux on the other hand just works. Nothing fancy, but it’s just what someone who wants efficiency needs.
Back when I was learning Git, I found the official Git book to be easy to get into and surprisingly beginner friendly too. Chapters 1 to 3 are enough for a beginner.
My laptop is about 5 or 6 years old. It’s all HDD I have no SSD at all