This is another topic to celebrate my fourth year with Linux.
You may ask me why do I choose Linux (or GNU/Linux for exactly) as operating system for my computer? Well these are some reasons that I also encourage you to use Linux.
It's free
This could be the main reason. GNU/Linux is a free software. The word free is actually derived from freedom, but the Linux kernel is totally free of charge. Some Linux distributions (or distros for short) are commercial, especially the distros that are targeted for the Enterperise solution. But most of the distros are free of charge. It means that I can obtain a complete GNU/Linux distribution without needing to pay the developer.
We can download the Linux CD or DVD image from the internet for free. No need to pay any money, except for the internet connection. After the download is complete, just burn it to blank CD or DVD. Lack of internet bandwith? I doesn't matter. We can still obtain the Linux distributions from many online stores (by paying a little money to the store, of course). Some computer magazines also include the latest Linux distribution in their extra CD/DVD.
Now compare it to how much money we will spend if we want to buy the original commercial operating system like Microsoft Windows or maybe Mac OS? I decide not to use an illegal software in my computer so I don't wanna use a pirated software.
No EULA
We're not permitted to copy the MS Windows CD/DVD and then lend it to our friends. The End User License Agreement will not even allow us to install it in many computers with the same CD/DVD. So it won't allow us to modify it either.
Unlike MS Windows, the GNU/Linux distribution is a really a free software. We are legally free to copy, modify, and distribute it with or without any charges. We're also allowed to install it as many computers as we like from the same CD/DVD.
One CD/DVD for all purposes
If we install MS Windows from a CD or DVD, we can only get the operating system and only a few additional softwares by default. We have to buy the Multimedia or Office Suite separately (which also means more money to spend again).
Unlike MS Windows, the desktop oriented Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva, and PC Linux OS) has shipped their CD/DVD with a quite enough software for daily purposes. There we can find the software to play musics, videos, burn CD/DVD, and the Office suite. There's an exception for Ubuntu and openSUSE which are not able to play some patent-protected multimedia formats (such as MP3) by default. But we can still install the software freely by downloading it from their software repositories.
Hardware does not matter
Installing the latest version of Linux distribution doesn't mean you have to buy a new computer or upgrade your computer hardware. If our computer has the older hardwares like the one belongs to me, we can choose the latest Linux distribution which is optimized for old hardware.
We may choose thae lightweight desktop and application (XFCE or LXDE desktop instead of KDE or GNOME, Abiword or Gnumeric instead of OpenOffice.org an so on).
A different story will happen if want to the newest Windows version. We'll need a computer with a really high specification of hardware only to install a Windows Vista. Some users even reported with the minimum recommended hardware specification, their computer still seemed to run too slow.
Viruses??? NO WAY.
This is one of the Linux Power. The viruses, spywares, or worms won't be able to infect a Linux computer easily because Linux has a more powerful security system. Linux is a UNIX-like system, so it also implements the right access of every file and folder. Only the system administrator called root which has unlimited access.
It will really make Linux secure cause in every Linux system, we use a different user to work daily. We work as root only to do some administrative task such as installing/removing software or configuring hardware.
And please remember, most of the viruses are created to work only in MS Windows and the won't work in Linux.
So it's your decision now to choose the expensive and fragile operating system or the free., legal, and powerful operating system called GNU/Linux.
You may ask me why do I choose Linux (or GNU/Linux for exactly) as operating system for my computer? Well these are some reasons that I also encourage you to use Linux.
It's free
This could be the main reason. GNU/Linux is a free software. The word free is actually derived from freedom, but the Linux kernel is totally free of charge. Some Linux distributions (or distros for short) are commercial, especially the distros that are targeted for the Enterperise solution. But most of the distros are free of charge. It means that I can obtain a complete GNU/Linux distribution without needing to pay the developer.
We can download the Linux CD or DVD image from the internet for free. No need to pay any money, except for the internet connection. After the download is complete, just burn it to blank CD or DVD. Lack of internet bandwith? I doesn't matter. We can still obtain the Linux distributions from many online stores (by paying a little money to the store, of course). Some computer magazines also include the latest Linux distribution in their extra CD/DVD.
Now compare it to how much money we will spend if we want to buy the original commercial operating system like Microsoft Windows or maybe Mac OS? I decide not to use an illegal software in my computer so I don't wanna use a pirated software.
No EULA
We're not permitted to copy the MS Windows CD/DVD and then lend it to our friends. The End User License Agreement will not even allow us to install it in many computers with the same CD/DVD. So it won't allow us to modify it either.
Unlike MS Windows, the GNU/Linux distribution is a really a free software. We are legally free to copy, modify, and distribute it with or without any charges. We're also allowed to install it as many computers as we like from the same CD/DVD.
One CD/DVD for all purposes
If we install MS Windows from a CD or DVD, we can only get the operating system and only a few additional softwares by default. We have to buy the Multimedia or Office Suite separately (which also means more money to spend again).
Unlike MS Windows, the desktop oriented Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva, and PC Linux OS) has shipped their CD/DVD with a quite enough software for daily purposes. There we can find the software to play musics, videos, burn CD/DVD, and the Office suite. There's an exception for Ubuntu and openSUSE which are not able to play some patent-protected multimedia formats (such as MP3) by default. But we can still install the software freely by downloading it from their software repositories.
Hardware does not matter
Installing the latest version of Linux distribution doesn't mean you have to buy a new computer or upgrade your computer hardware. If our computer has the older hardwares like the one belongs to me, we can choose the latest Linux distribution which is optimized for old hardware.
We may choose thae lightweight desktop and application (XFCE or LXDE desktop instead of KDE or GNOME, Abiword or Gnumeric instead of OpenOffice.org an so on).
A different story will happen if want to the newest Windows version. We'll need a computer with a really high specification of hardware only to install a Windows Vista. Some users even reported with the minimum recommended hardware specification, their computer still seemed to run too slow.
Viruses??? NO WAY.
This is one of the Linux Power. The viruses, spywares, or worms won't be able to infect a Linux computer easily because Linux has a more powerful security system. Linux is a UNIX-like system, so it also implements the right access of every file and folder. Only the system administrator called root which has unlimited access.
It will really make Linux secure cause in every Linux system, we use a different user to work daily. We work as root only to do some administrative task such as installing/removing software or configuring hardware.
And please remember, most of the viruses are created to work only in MS Windows and the won't work in Linux.
So it's your decision now to choose the expensive and fragile operating system or the free., legal, and powerful operating system called GNU/Linux.
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