Heh - well ... if you ask me I'll always say a full node running on linux 
nothing for win for a temp use. I am very illiterate in Linux and currently can't set aside Linux comp.
linux it is but will take me awhile...
The LTS (Long Term Support) versions last a few years, and some time before the end of that LTS you simply have to upgrade it - which is just a few commands and wait and watch
Edit: any yes the reason to avoid Windows is indeed all the viruses and key loggers out there.
The anitivirus software that everyone uses doesn't stop all viruses, it only stops 'known viruses' by pattern matching ... and that is by design by McAffee in the beginning.
He designed it that way so that you'd have to always get data/version updates regularly from them.
Permanent source of income ...
Windows (all versions at least since Windows 7) log your key strokes (and lots of other stuff) so that Microsoft can see them if needed.
Yes this is a well known fact, not an urban legend - it started with the Beta of Windows 10 and then they back ported it to the older windows versions via updates.
You just gotta hope no one ever manages to get at that log on your computer ...
--to mine to a segwit address for at least the consolidating process... 
