Comment by int_19h
Perhaps instead you could teach your neighbor how to assign drive letters to drives so that the same thing always ends up on the same letter. Because it can do that.
OTOH on Linux out of the box they'd get /media/usb0, /media/usb1 etc. Which has the same exact problem. And the same exact solution - if you need stable names, mount them as such (except on Windows you can do it with a few clicks with a mouse).
> OTOH on Linux out of the box they'd get /media/usb0, /media/usb1 etc. Which has the same exact problem.
Linux can exploit the UUIDs of USB drives to avoid confusion, and Linux users know how to do this. Windows has a way to do this also, but Windows users often don't know it.
> ... (except on Windows you can do it with a few clicks with a mouse)
Yes, clicks that are not in the average Windows user's skill set. This is more about technical knowledge than it is about a choice of OS, but overall, Linux rewards knowledge, while Windows punishes it.