Making the jump from Windows to Linux isn’t always a walk in the park for long-time Windows users. That isn’t the say the experience isn’t a great one. It’s just that there are certain things you take for granted in Windows that are quite different in Linux. Some major differences include the need to become comfortable with the command line, a different approach to handling peripherals, and the need to switch to a new family of applications. The following are six of the most common things Windows users struggle with when they switch over to using a Linux distribution. 1.