Why Linux
- Free and Open source
- Stable and Reliable
- Secure
- Performance efficient
- Command line interface
- Community support
Choose Linux over Windows or macOS
Because ...
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Cost:
- Linux based operating systems are free.
- Microsoft Windows current version starts at $139.
- Apple's macOS can run only on Apple's hardware and it starts at $999.
- Google's chormeOS is also free. But to install our own programs we need to install Linux once again in the Google's chromeOS.
- Stability: Over 96.4% of the top one million web servers' operating systems are Linux. This tells us how stable Linux based operating systems are.
Some interesting facts ...
- Android is based on Linux
- Linux has made it to Mars. Linux is the operating system that is used on two planets.
- Linux is used by every major space programme in the world, including NASA and the ESA
- Linux is free and open source. Checkout Linux source code here.
- Cimon, is a head-shaped AI robot used in the International Space Station is running on Ubuntu, a Linux operating system.
- As of 2019, 100% of the world's Top 500 Supercomputers runs on Linux
- Steam Deck runs on Steam OS, which is a Linux distribution.
- Roku OS by Roku, webOS by LG, Tizen by Samsung are all Linux based.
- Amazon's Kindle is based on Linux
- Google's chromeOS that is running in many Google Chromebooks is a Linux distribution