Why do you use linux?

[rdtphd]

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

[domz]

Stable/speed and open source

[ronaldnelson75]

I use it on my hosting server because it is much more stable than windows os...

[Blackbeard]

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.

[The_Martinator]

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!

[Artemis]

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.

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.
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/ . I have used crossover apps for years to run Win32 emulations within Linux.

[Funkin']

Because my computer is pretty old and when running a certain Linux distro it does not show its age at all.

Same here. But even when I eventually get a brand new beefy computer I'm still going to stick with Linux.

[The_Martinator]

Same here. Linux fo' life. Fo' LIFE!!

Unless they screw it up somehow. Unity is a step in that direction, for instance. :S

[Artemis]

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.

[Xizie]

I use Linux because it frees the machine and it allows you to do anything that you want to do.