
Originally Posted by
salbahis
based from my experience linux is the most safest OS ive tried (i didn't say that there is no virus), and also linux has the lightest os, it can be run on USB Stick
linux is based from unix and Mac is also based from unix, not all linux mimics windows, but some distro does.. some linux distro already had a bundled application like office application and image editing softwares....
Pros
- Linux is much faster than windows, because it is lighter than windows
- Linux is more secure than windows (thou there some holes thou depends on the distro)
- Linux has lot of support thou not commercially since it is open source
- You can build your own linux distro if you are very good on programming
- Some linux distro is already bundled with free software and sometimes server
- And the best of all Linux distro is FREEEEEEEE (the best in this world is free), still linux had become the symbol of being free...
Cons
- Some linux distro is hard to install thou some are not... (Red Hat - the old version), sometimes first timer may encounter this one
- Application are hard to install (some distro but not all)
- Some linux distro had little hardware support thou some had
- Windows app can run on linux without using a wine
overall linux has lot of good stuff... and oh before i forgot... in linux i never encounter hang ups... unlike on my windows vista pag open pa lang hang-up na.... tsk100x
i based this from my personal experience from using, red hat, centos, ubuntu, im still downloading fedora then next is debian....
the reason why some people cant move out of windows, its because there is no door all just windows... bitaw.... most of the application we used are based on windows, thou it can be opened also in linux but it has some limitations... some gamers may be stucked on windows since most games are made for windows thou it can be run also in linux using wine... but still it is best run on windows....
overall if you use your computer to surf the internet, chat (except video chat there is still issue on this on some IM), open email, and open you documents... then linux is for you but if you are a gamer... well you are stucked on a house without a door....