What makes Linux better than windows?

Question

What makes Linux better than windows?

Answer 1

Linux offers you the opportunity to control EVERY aspect of the operating system. You have full control the hardware. Ubuntu, for instance, comes with a free office suite (OpenOffice) a free graphics manipulation program (GIMP, which is far superior to paint). It offers you the choice of multiple desktop environments (gnome, KDE, Xfce, Fvwm, etc). Furthermore, you can get the source code for most applications so you can KNOW what its actually doing (as opposed to closed source everything in Windows). Its all about choice and customization in my opinion.

Answer 2

It's stable

It's free

There's no such thing as malware & viruses are extremely rare.

It's highly secure

It's well documented

There's a wide variety of free software for it

It's highly customisable to do whatever you want it to do

It looks better than windows

You arn't supporting Bill Gates monopoly on operating systems



You are feeling underwhelmed because you dont understand the immense power of Linux yet....

Answer 3

Adding application software is free, and easy, on Linux. Whenever I add software on Windows it costs money, sometimes serious money.



Modern Windows (XP or Vista) won't run on older hardware - Linux will. I have an 8-year-old laptop that is still usable because of Linux.



To run Vista, you have to buy new high-power (therefore expensive) hardware - and what does it give you over XP? Nothing. Put Linux on your XP machine and it will fly! and cost nothing more.

Answer 4

I've never used Linux but have heard good things about this operating system so i may give it a try one day , Windows Vista is the biggest joke i've ever tried and to think some boffins spend years thinking up these systems, money for old rope, i wish someone would challenge Microsoft big style.

Answer 5

About the only advantage that Linux has over Windows is the price. Linux is free, Windows is not. Beyond that, Windows has all the other advantages. However if you are a large company needing to put an OS on hundreds of PCs, getting it for free is a huge advantage. There is very little software and no games for Linux. It is only as solid as the drivers and kernal you are running. It has little to no support if you have a problem with it. And good luck finding anyone who knows something about it. Most computer shops are clueless on repairing a Linux PC. Linux is commonly used for Internet servers simply because the Unix system on which it is based already had network abilities build into it in the late 1960's, before there was an "Internet". So at the time the Internet first appeared, you had to run the servers on Linux because there was no Windows software for doing it. Linux has a "command line" (similar to Windows DOS) which is very powerful and allows you to do many things with a simple command that would take more work in Windows, because the networking is build into Unix/Linux, not added on. If you are a large corporation wanted to save money, or an ISP that needs Internet servers, then Linux many be a reasonable alternative to Windows. But for the average home user, it sucks.

Answer 6

virtualy virus free for teh home users

not paying into a corupted corperate entity

not at the mercy of the DRM

virtualy crash proof

much easier these days then a few years ago

it may not be for every one but it is for me perhaps its not for you but maybe youre needs require a differant distro also linux mint is just right for me becuase of my net usage and movies each person will have to determine that for themselves the bottom line is linux can do most of what windows can and most of it better then they can

Answer 7

well basically it's



it is not windown

because it's free

and it's an open source



hehe

Answer 8

1. Because it's a Proper Operating System, which Windows isn't. Windows is 25 years of bodges, bad decisions and patches. Linux is a clone of Unix, an excellent professional operating system.



2. Because Linux is nothing to do with Microsoft, a universally disliked corporation who are currently being fined $1.4 million by the EU for anti-competitive practices.



3. Because it's free! That has to be worth something, doesn't it?



4. Because it's far more secure than Windows. Generally Linux users don't have to worry about malware because Linux is much more secure (it's a properly designed operating system).

Answer 9

Definitely there's pros and cons for both. Personally I use Linux (Ubuntu 8.04) because It seems to be quicker than Windows, there's much less going on in the background. It does take a bit of getting used to though

Answer 10

I cant install Linux, Knoppix,Ubuntu because every time when i want to install the Pc crashed, so i dont know the answer.....