It has been said that the biggest trap for the poor is learning.Why is that? Because learning is a particularly mysterious thing, very similar to love.In love, if you like a girl, you will face two situations.1. The girl does not like you: At this point, you can go to the gym, get a haircut, and use various means to improve yourself so that the girl changes her mind and falls in love with you.2. The girl likes you very much: You have gained a girlfriend. Every day you can watch the sunset with her, have breakfast together, and spend sweet days.Therefore, no matter what, as long as you keep improving and maintain a positive attitude, love can always make you better!However, learning is also like this!When you see someone studying, you will sigh in your heart that this person is a learner. Even if their grades are poor, they can be forgiven because they have made an effort!Yes, it is this mentality of “they have made an effort” that makes many people easily forgive others, and they can also easily forgive themselves – as long as I have studied, no one can blame me, after all, I have tried!As a result, many people study every day, work hard every day, hiding in the fortress of “learning”, not researching how to make money, but continuously learning steadily, and their economic situation has not improved, remaining consistently “poor”.This is why “the biggest trap for the poor is learning”!Among the types of learning, one that is very time-consuming and often yields little reward is “fiddling with Linux”!Have you noticed that there is a special phenomenon in the Linux community, which is the frequent release of versions.Let’s compare it with Linux’s competitor – Windows.Windows 10 was released in July 2015, and Microsoft will terminate support for Windows 10 in October 2025, marking its end. This lasted for 10 years, during which many versions were discovered, but Microsoft did not do much promotion.On the Linux side, let’s take the well-known Ubuntu Linux as an example. We know that Ubuntu releases a new version every six months, and provides an LTS (Long Term Support) version every two years, which means that between 2015 and 2025, Ubuntu will have released at least 5 LTS versions and 10 short-term versions.One version of Windows vs. 15 versions of Ubuntu, that is the difference!Why is that?Of course, it is related to Linux’s promotional strategy. Linux distributions, and even the open-source community, have a kind of “news reporting syndrome”; every time a new version is released, there is a big promotion to boost their presence.What is the result of this approach?It is that those Linux enthusiasts easily fall into an “excited” state – a new version has been released, I must install it.Thus, a new round of “installing new Linux” movement begins, and the news about “10 things to do after installing Ubuntu” follows, creating a huge buzz.However, installing an operating system has never been an easy task. Because the operating system is a “large” software that requires various components, and after installation, application software also needs to be installed, which takes a considerable amount of time.In this case, it is easy to skim the surface, immersed in the joy of “new Linux”, but failing to delve into the foundational commands like sed, awk, and grep that are present in every Linux version, resulting in a lot of noise, great determination, but minimal gain!Many Linux experts, when looking back at their growth path, have more or less gone through such a phase.Fiddling is interesting in the short term, but in the long run, it is better to dig deeper.On the other hand, Windows excels in this area; on one hand, there are numerous application software that can meet various needs of ordinary users; on the other hand, the stable release of the operating system and good compatibility motivate software vendors to develop new software to meet new users, which in turn attracts even more users. A good development “flywheel” has thus started to turn on Windows!This is the fundamental reason why many people use “Windows”; it can solve their problems!No matter what operating system, solving user problems is the true foundation for survival. Interesting rankings are far behind “usefulness”!I am Mingyue,an IT person in the internet!