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Why are unix-alike OS better than eg Windows?
| Xubuntu, Lubuntu if you want an easy, quick and dirty start (on the long term you may regret it). KDE-Neon if you want a high customizeable Desktop and very powerful desktop-applications instead the realy minimalist suggestions above.
If you like it the hard way with less regretting on the long term, use Arch or Gentoo. I sometimes regret to started with Debian-based distros. Never underdestimate the comfortability trap!
| >Ubuntu
>Minimal
From my experience I found that Ubuntu was not minimal at all, unless you're talking about the DEs. Not really a problem though.
| Unix-like OS' are better simply because they're designed different than Windows with the NT kernel. Linux is more secure than Windows, whereas BSD (less user-friendly) is more secure than Linux. Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Linux Mint, or Antergos are all good distributions to try out. TrueOS is a nice OS based on FreeBSD.
| An OS is as good as the software that run on it or are available for it. Many would argue that hpux and or as400 are better than linux or windows, but I acfually wonder what you would do if you were given one of these and how happy you would be with them.
That said, I use Debian.
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| And which one is the best for a desktop if ur used to windows xp