Cofused with the title...?? Actually i am talking about Linux, the OS which is hot favourite for not only techies but normal users too. Why is it so...?? Hmm......read on, you'll definitely get your answers.
I'll not write here anything techie about Linux, just what a normal user can get better than Windows OS. Linux, is the open source operating system which means that the software including the OS itself and the source code of it is freely available and one can modify it according to his needs and can also release it under the same License, called GPL (General Public License). You can google it to know more about it.
Now what matters more, how Linux is giving more advantage to a user than Windows. Here i am not making a comparison with Windows, but trying to scoop up the Linux advantages.
1. Cost : The most important thing is the "Price". What we pay to get the OS and the softwares we use. Ya ya, i know most of the people reading it says i get it Free, thnx to Piracy. But you are not need to be pirate a more. Because, Linux is completely free and the softwares too. And i must tell you that the Linux softwares are giving neck-to-neck competition to the Windows software, even though its FREE.
2. Ease of Use : There is a Myth that Linux is very complicated and not very handy to use. I am not completely denying that, but have u ever think that you learnt windows after devoting how much time to it ? I can bet you can learn it by giving just 10th part of it. The installation is very easy and takes very less time, infact some distros install on your system in 20-25 minutes.
3. Performance : Linux is mostly used as Server, although i m talking about desktop versions, why.... because it gives very high performance and can run 100s of days without a single reboot, it doesnt hang due to memory leaks like in windows and no need to reboot after any installation. There can be any no of users working simultaneously. It is a super multitasking system which dont slow down your pc with job queues and thus can work on any hardware configuration.
4. Compatability : You can run Linux on any system, with the least hardware configuration and it supports virtualisation too. You can create virtual hardwares to power up your needs. Great utility. It can run all common software packages and compatible with almost all hardwares.
5. Customisation : Linux is fully customizable. You can customize everything, how your desktop looks, your embeddeed system, can add docks, desklets because all configuration is saved in a simple plain text file and it doesnt hide up from you like windows. It has a large no of utilities for the power internet users.
6. Support : Its free, doesnt mean that if you get in some trouble, no way to get out of it. There is a huge community for all kinds of distros, guyz working and solving your problem and making open source a hit. You can google it up, and i am sure your problem have already been solved our earlier by someone. So no need of worry, anything will be sorted out by the developers and their team and a large no of users already using Linux.
7. Choice : Its you who is gonna to use it. So you can choose any one distro from a large no of distros available in Linux. Distros or flavors are the Linux based OS, like Ubuntu, Fedora, DSL, Mandriva etc etc which are desktop OS's and one can choose a Server edition too. I cant name them all, you can choose by your own specification. You can also choose between a huge no of applications available for you.
8. Security : Last but not the least, its security which puts up Linux on the top. It is highly secured OS, thats why used for the Servers and there is no need for any kind of anti-virus or Internet security suite because its Virus free. The architecture of Linux is so, that it makes Linux highly secured and sanitized from viruses. You can choose who will be going to access your files, every damn file can be configured for the need.
I have tried my best to put up the best in short, if you are now gonna to try Linux, I'd suggest you to go with Ubuntu, because its the most popular and easiest of Linux OS and feel free to ask me anything about it.
So its time for us to get something open in our computers too...... :)
Enjoy :)
I'll not write here anything techie about Linux, just what a normal user can get better than Windows OS. Linux, is the open source operating system which means that the software including the OS itself and the source code of it is freely available and one can modify it according to his needs and can also release it under the same License, called GPL (General Public License). You can google it to know more about it.Now what matters more, how Linux is giving more advantage to a user than Windows. Here i am not making a comparison with Windows, but trying to scoop up the Linux advantages.
1. Cost : The most important thing is the "Price". What we pay to get the OS and the softwares we use. Ya ya, i know most of the people reading it says i get it Free, thnx to Piracy. But you are not need to be pirate a more. Because, Linux is completely free and the softwares too. And i must tell you that the Linux softwares are giving neck-to-neck competition to the Windows software, even though its FREE.
2. Ease of Use : There is a Myth that Linux is very complicated and not very handy to use. I am not completely denying that, but have u ever think that you learnt windows after devoting how much time to it ? I can bet you can learn it by giving just 10th part of it. The installation is very easy and takes very less time, infact some distros install on your system in 20-25 minutes.
3. Performance : Linux is mostly used as Server, although i m talking about desktop versions, why.... because it gives very high performance and can run 100s of days without a single reboot, it doesnt hang due to memory leaks like in windows and no need to reboot after any installation. There can be any no of users working simultaneously. It is a super multitasking system which dont slow down your pc with job queues and thus can work on any hardware configuration.
4. Compatability : You can run Linux on any system, with the least hardware configuration and it supports virtualisation too. You can create virtual hardwares to power up your needs. Great utility. It can run all common software packages and compatible with almost all hardwares.
5. Customisation : Linux is fully customizable. You can customize everything, how your desktop looks, your embeddeed system, can add docks, desklets because all configuration is saved in a simple plain text file and it doesnt hide up from you like windows. It has a large no of utilities for the power internet users.
6. Support : Its free, doesnt mean that if you get in some trouble, no way to get out of it. There is a huge community for all kinds of distros, guyz working and solving your problem and making open source a hit. You can google it up, and i am sure your problem have already been solved our earlier by someone. So no need of worry, anything will be sorted out by the developers and their team and a large no of users already using Linux.
7. Choice : Its you who is gonna to use it. So you can choose any one distro from a large no of distros available in Linux. Distros or flavors are the Linux based OS, like Ubuntu, Fedora, DSL, Mandriva etc etc which are desktop OS's and one can choose a Server edition too. I cant name them all, you can choose by your own specification. You can also choose between a huge no of applications available for you.
8. Security : Last but not the least, its security which puts up Linux on the top. It is highly secured OS, thats why used for the Servers and there is no need for any kind of anti-virus or Internet security suite because its Virus free. The architecture of Linux is so, that it makes Linux highly secured and sanitized from viruses. You can choose who will be going to access your files, every damn file can be configured for the need.
I have tried my best to put up the best in short, if you are now gonna to try Linux, I'd suggest you to go with Ubuntu, because its the most popular and easiest of Linux OS and feel free to ask me anything about it.
So its time for us to get something open in our computers too...... :)
Enjoy :)
