I use W10 on my main system because I need to use certain Windows programs for work......but apart from that one all the others have been Linux (Ubuntu, then Mint) for about 15 years.
I've owned plenty of 17" front wheel bikes......and none of them have had low bars.
But the bars are not relevant.....it's the way that a 17" front wheel feels when cornering.
Remember that all of us who started back when I did all learnt to ride on 19" wheels.