I never had to install drivers on my system after installing Linux Mint, and it still worked perfectly. I give full marks to this. While re-installing Windows this isn't the case, the touchpad drivers, graphics drivers, I've to download everything.
Various distros' comes with all the essential utilites packed into it, and mostly the best, so users don't need to install each and every software like Windows.
Linux is fast and secure, that should make it ideal for old computers.
Like Jojoyee said, if Linux came pre-installed on PC's or laptop's its popularity would soar.
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