I don't understand what you're saying? What is something one might want to "tinker" with in windows that is more complicated than "tinkering" with it in Linux?
I assume you mean install drivers or possibly configure an internet connection?
This can be a head ache on windows just as much as Linux... and believe it or not there are ubuntu certified PCs that literally work out of the box.
I'd argue learning to "tinker" through a whole bunch of GUIs specific to one OS isn't a good starting point for anyone.
If you plan on using complicated UIs and powershell then the learning curve is already really steep, so Windows doesn't really offer any advantage here.
I assume you mean install drivers or possibly configure an internet connection?
This can be a head ache on windows just as much as Linux... and believe it or not there are ubuntu certified PCs that literally work out of the box.
I'd argue learning to "tinker" through a whole bunch of GUIs specific to one OS isn't a good starting point for anyone.
If you plan on using complicated UIs and powershell then the learning curve is already really steep, so Windows doesn't really offer any advantage here.
Knowing Windows != Knowing computer science