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I mean OP is trying to paint Linux as the more user friendly system and I think we can all agree that's BS.
Linux has many advantages. User Friendliness is not one of them
It can be, depends if you need proprietary software on a regular basis.
Or if you install one of the distros that have sane defaults for laymen.
Something like popOS is definitely more user friendly for regular use, it just has the usual limitations with ( insert random windows only software ), but that is another problem entirely.
The Linux installer is more friendly towards installing your thing on your system. Windows seems to lack many things and don't even give you choice except for the install location.
But I wonder, if a stupid Windows forward installer is "user friendlier" than a Linux mint installer or Fedora one. I found the partition thing always confusing but on Linux you get automated and fluidly explained what you can do.