Why Linux?

[Spyder32]

Why Windows? Once you go Linux, you never come back! Some reason's would include that linux doesn't crash or freeze like Windows, more stable, more powerful, editable, performance wise it's really great. If I had a penny for every reason Linux is better than Windows, I'd buy out M$ with all my money. Let's put it that way,

Oh btw, like sweet_angel said, I don't remember last time I had to reboot while webhosting on redhat. Using Windows however, it mighta been yesterday. Lmao, just another reason.

[Spyder32]

Why Windows? Once you go Linux, you never come back! Some reason's would include that linux doesn't crash or freeze like Windows, more stable, more powerful, editable, performance wise it's really great. If I had a penny for every reason Linux is better than Windows, I'd buy out M$ with all my money. Let's put it that way,

Oh btw, like sweet_angel said, I don't remember last time I had to reboot while webhosting on redhat. Using Windows however, it mighta been yesterday. Lmao, just another reason.

[cwk9]

Well Uniform Mango if your current operating system does everything you want it to and you don't feel the urge to learn anything new then don't switch to Linux. But it you’re the kind of person that gets annoyed when windows wants to walk you through a 40 page wizard when you just need to enter an ip and subnet mask for you home network then you might want to consider Linux. Linux isn't perfect *cough games cough* but is a damn good OS that’s great for geeks who just like to tinker with every little setting they can get there hands on. Don’t forget you can always make a dual boot system and have the best of both worlds.

[cwk9]

Well Uniform Mango if your current operating system does everything you want it to and you don't feel the urge to learn anything new then don't switch to Linux. But it you’re the kind of person that gets annoyed when windows wants to walk you through a 40 page wizard when you just need to enter an ip and subnet mask for you home network then you might want to consider Linux. Linux isn't perfect *cough games cough* but is a damn good OS that’s great for geeks who just like to tinker with every little setting they can get there hands on. Don’t forget you can always make a dual boot system and have the best of both worlds.

[shockwaveX343]

My question is, what are the benefits of using Linux?
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Linux costs less in a box than Windows $25 you can install it as many computers as you want without
breaking any laws or getting into trouble with Microsoft eula or you can get if free by downloading
the source code yourself burn it to on a cdrom cd's are cheap like $1 or $2 at walmart or any retailer.

Updating it is sweeter than Windows Update nothing beats apt-get when it comes to searching for
programs or libraries

Linux will work on virtually any pc you don't need a top of the line system to run it with 500 megs of ram
nor does it require a monster Athlon processor or expensive videocard

Upgrade when you want to or need to not when a Vendor says so

Security Fixes come out quicker sometimes hour or days instead of months/weeks if ever?
Distrubutions like Gentoo and Debian have a social contract with there users not to
play games and won't hide there problems or play security obscurity with there users

Linux is a great introduction to Unix when you good at it you can advance to Freebsd

Apps there are thousands of apps and programs on Fresh Meat and other sights

Stabuility I know people who run Linux for weeks months days? and rarely have to reboot
except when they install a new Kernel or clean there systems

Work... Linux is a powerful os you can do many tasks at the same time without worrying about
causing a system crash blue screen of death or starve your system resource

Linux is more resistant to computer virus yes there have been worms and trojans but there nowhere near
Windows 65,000+ and counting ?! at least it's safe to open e-mail without worrying some twerp
sending the the kak virus.

My favorite reason for using Linux: It's just fun!

[shockwaveX343]

My question is, what are the benefits of using Linux?
_________________________________________________

Linux costs less in a box than Windows $25 you can install it as many computers as you want without
breaking any laws or getting into trouble with Microsoft eula or you can get if free by downloading
the source code yourself burn it to on a cdrom cd's are cheap like $1 or $2 at walmart or any retailer.

Updating it is sweeter than Windows Update nothing beats apt-get when it comes to searching for
programs or libraries

Linux will work on virtually any pc you don't need a top of the line system to run it with 500 megs of ram
nor does it require a monster Athlon processor or expensive videocard

Upgrade when you want to or need to not when a Vendor says so

Security Fixes come out quicker sometimes hour or days instead of months/weeks if ever?
Distrubutions like Gentoo and Debian have a social contract with there users not to
play games and won't hide there problems or play security obscurity with there users

Linux is a great introduction to Unix when you good at it you can advance to Freebsd

Apps there are thousands of apps and programs on Fresh Meat and other sights

Stabuility I know people who run Linux for weeks months days? and rarely have to reboot
except when they install a new Kernel or clean there systems

Work... Linux is a powerful os you can do many tasks at the same time without worrying about
causing a system crash blue screen of death or starve your system resource

Linux is more resistant to computer virus yes there have been worms and trojans but there nowhere near
Windows 65,000+ and counting ?! at least it's safe to open e-mail without worrying some twerp
sending the the kak virus.

My favorite reason for using Linux: It's just fun!

[Striek]

Why Linux?

First, it is more secure. If only for the simple reason that it is an open source OS. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world have verified its security, checked it for stability, and written patches for it. For stability, W2K is great, though. My server has been running steady now for over a month without powering down or crashing. M$ tells us thier OS is secure and stable, but will not let us see for ourselves.

And secondly, it's not Microsoft. Don't switch simply because "M$ sucks". Switch because of the potential consequences of the entire world running desktops with thier software. Read the threads here on "Microsoft's Really Hidden Files" and then read up on thier new idea, Palladium. Then put two and two together, and you have a really scary scenario. Clearly, M$ wants power. The potential for the abuse of power like that is unfathomable. Nobody should be given that level of power, and certainly not M$. They need competition.

Linux exists to run computers. Windows exists to run people.

[Striek]

Why Linux?

First, it is more secure. If only for the simple reason that it is an open source OS. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world have verified its security, checked it for stability, and written patches for it. For stability, W2K is great, though. My server has been running steady now for over a month without powering down or crashing. M$ tells us thier OS is secure and stable, but will not let us see for ourselves.

And secondly, it's not Microsoft. Don't switch simply because "M$ sucks". Switch because of the potential consequences of the entire world running desktops with thier software. Read the threads here on "Microsoft's Really Hidden Files" and then read up on thier new idea, Palladium. Then put two and two together, and you have a really scary scenario. Clearly, M$ wants power. The potential for the abuse of power like that is unfathomable. Nobody should be given that level of power, and certainly not M$. They need competition.

Linux exists to run computers. Windows exists to run people.

[the_JinX]

My reasons for using linux rather then anything else is options:

To do whatever task there are about a hundred different ways to do it on a linux box.
You have over 20 different text editors (I think even over 100) for example.

If any tool malfunctions you have atleast 3 backup tools.

[the_JinX]

My reasons for using linux rather then anything else is options:

To do whatever task there are about a hundred different ways to do it on a linux box.
You have over 20 different text editors (I think even over 100) for example.

If any tool malfunctions you have atleast 3 backup tools.