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Ah, yes.
You know, the things you just mentioned ARE the basic differences. As long as both work on the same architecture, and none reinvent the wheel, everything is the same.
And as long as you don't reinvent the computer and make a new assembly and binary, a kernel and libraries will be the most effective ways to work.
Its like saying „what is the difference between python and c++ anyway? If we just strip away everything differentiating the 2, we just get a programming lang.
And yes, I would prefer Linux, for the same reason a python Dev prefers python and a C++ Dev prefers C++: because I'm Used to the syntax and the quirks of Linux. I don't want to jump back to the ungodly CLI of cmd, powershell and everything else. I have learned the ins and outs of Linux, and that's how its gonna stay.