give 3 reasons, except the open source and freedom
I use linux because;
its default tools are awesome
easy setup, no fucking drivers!
full control over my system
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give 3 reasons, except the open source and freedom
I use linux because;
its default tools are awesome
easy setup, no fucking drivers!
full control over my system
I use it because its stable it does what I want.
I also use it because its a playground for me I have servers running the same software as my home pc.
I agree with youQuote:
Originally Posted by masteri
I use it because it's dumb for a real admin to spend thousands of dollars on tools that run on windows, when the Linux based tools do the same thing, have more options, and cost nothing...
Oh, when I say thousands of dollars, I actually mean some half a million dollars a year on support licenses annually for these products, since their Windows Admins don't bother asking the Unix admins for help to implement a *free* solution with a maybe small support license cost that does the *exact* same functions or even better..
</rant on corporate america>
Easy setup
No searching the web for apps
I have control over my system
That said - the open source and freedom are really the most important aspects for me. They weren't when I first switched, but over the years this has become most important.
I makes me chuckle when some introduces himself as windows admin. Why should an serious admin would want to use something that he can't compile from source...Quote:
Originally Posted by lightshow
because my hard-drive failed?
no viruses.
runs damn fast too.
I use Linux , basically because I was sick and tired of having not enough ram on my mini laptop. And when I installed Peppermint OS One on the fucker. Then the shit just worked, and everything from updating, to installing the Danish language pack to anything has been so piss easy that I would not bother with any kind of windows on a machine. That works perfectly. I do not know if that was three reasons. But it was more than enough reason, and well it works :)
I use Ubuntu on my netbook. Both due to the need for speed and HDD space restrictions.
It works nearly flawlessly, and the few problems I've come across I solved by googling them.
Its power management features are inferior to those provided by windows 7 though, no matter how much I've tweaked the installation.
I can contribute to this discussion. I have a Linux HD and Windows HD. I use Windows for most stuff, Linux for experimenting because as you said, there aren't all that many advantages. However, I just got a nasty case of the Aurora spyware that I couldn't kill, so I went to reformat the HD after backing things up. Apparently my hard-drive is partially fried and neither windows nor Linux will install on it... So I'm using Linux now exclusively until I get a new HD to put Windows on.
I'd honestly dump Windows entirely if it weren't for lack of game support/lack of good ATI drivers on Linux.
1. learning tool
2. integration and automation of tasks
3. I get frustrated when I can not get something in windows to work as smoothly as i know it does in linux
Stable/speed and open source :)
I use it on my hosting server because it is much more stable than windows os...
I use both windows and linux as dualbooting and viritualbox. Anyway, I use it since it's open source / free not loaded with bloatware unlike microsoft, but I do wish it had steam support.
Because my computer is pretty old and when running a certain Linux distro it does not show its age at all. And because open source kicks ass!
You need to check out codeweavers application crossover games. Although this is a paid application it supports steam and therefore the valve games that need steam to launch into online mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackbeard
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/ . I have used crossover apps for years to run Win32 emulations within Linux.
Same here. But even when I eventually get a brand new beefy computer I'm still going to stick with Linux.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Martinator
Same here. :P Linux fo' life. Fo' LIFE!!
Unless they screw it up somehow. Unity is a step in that direction, for instance. :S
I have many uses for Linux, but one of the main reasons is as a mediacenter. XBMC runs natively under Linux ( & MacOS too) making it a truly crossplatform mediacenter application, but there is also the added bonus that you can use MythTV as a backend for a TV card under Linux which of course you cannot under Windows, thus adding live TV to XBMC.
I use Linux because it frees the machine and it allows you to do anything that you want to do.
i use linux becasue very easy setup, no fucking drivers.
I scrapped Windows 7 for Ubuntu, go me! lol
i just dived in headfirst
screw microsluts
best desicion ever
i don't :)
Some people use linux because they want to be cool.
I've used it when Windows sucked. Now with Windows 7, that's another story.
I love linux.
I still find dl'd by terminal/sudo command to be a bit confusing at times, but otherwise the pluses are fantastic
1. No need to run virus programs - always a bonus
2. Loads of free software available from synaptic package manager or Ubuntu software center. Click install voila
3. Reliable upgrades and new versions
4. Superb support available through the ubuntu community
5. WINE - allows many windows based apps to run within linux, so no need to complain that you can't use your fav windoze app while in linux
6. Last and certainly not least - it's free
Loads more reasons but enough for now :)
Although WINE is an adequate virtualbox there are other alternatives which offer far more compatibility. Codeweavers Crossover Professional runs a huge range of Windows apps while Crossover Game gives DirectX game emulation within Linux. I have used Crossover Pro for years and have yet to find an app that I use that will not run within a container in Linux. (I use Debian/Ubuntu distro's but RPM based is also supported natively).Quote:
Originally Posted by kallieb
hmmm... Good link. thanks for the suggestion
i use it, because its virus free and easy to boot and fast, but i use it very rarely because wine doesnt have that compatibility with normal software's like auto cad, staad and ms office or tekla
First its free, second its some feature are great like multiple work screen and finally its security modules are better than any other operating system.
No Virus
It's secure. Or because it's free, because it's customizable, because it's free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support...
..because I don't like to be used by Windows! ..Except for today, coincidentally! :)
Less memory,awesome in terms of stability and is more important it doesnt make u lazy like windows,there is always smth to learn.
Yes, because something won't work to keep you busy always.Quote:
Originally Posted by Il_Professore
i use it because it's real time operating system it provide the freedom and fastest service.
I use it mainly because I support GNU free software philosophy. I also use it because I hate Microsoft, and because the GNU development environment is the best you'll ever find. (programming NASM assembly on Linux and interacting with the kernel is much easier than on Windows).
But I would never say that you don't have to mess up with drivers. Most devices don't have a driver on linux, only a more general open source driver. Sometimes you need to program your own drivers.
there 2 reasons to use linux :
> like lot of people : the concept of Open-data/Open-source philosophy.
> and there are the most efficient tools of all OS. if you begin to work really on the network, you must use a linux distribution.
MythTV is actually a great application, and I use MythTV's backend/frontend combination (on FreeBSD) for watching live TV, Blu-rays, and other stuff. I don't use XBMC. MPlayer is also good for watching videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
i do not use linux because i don't like it and its very complicated ...not user friendly like windows xp....
I will say something that it will annoy most linux fanboys , but most the linux users use them just to brag of it . "I use linux which is hard , and geekish , therefore i feel nice with myself"
This is not general , but most of them use it for this reason . I use them on my old pc , because they ran just with 60 mb of ram (archlinux + openbox) , i do believe that linux will get great in the future if they manage to add more game support .