My pinecil has lasted for years.

I use a pinecil and it’s great. Tips are cheap and a standard size, it takes usb-c power and has a good user interface.

Not really sure what ifixit is trying to accomplish with this overpriced iron.

Ah, I see

I see, thanks

…what does the ml stand for?

Looks like the difference between the two is that they removed the section calling Microsoft’s security culture inadequate.

I wonder what motivated the change.

When I was a kid, windows XP was having stability issues and I wanted to play minecraft. Switched to Linux and had no issues.

Any particular points you could summarise for us?

The first thing I see when I clicked the link was a labyrinth of ads.

Seriously, OP sounds like they taste tested a handful of open software options and wanted to share, but had to implicate the newbie decision of windows vs Linux somewhere.