Why do I use LINUX?

Tester5000 · #1 (**permalink**) 28-Oct-2009, 16:43

I like my OpenSUSE!
I like it because it is free. Not in the sense of "I can´t afford a couple of bucks for something else" , rather in the sense of "Air is free, Water is free, sunshine is free, the books I get at the library are free, free love, the best things in life are free"

OK, I´m a bit of a hippy at heart.

And I like the community!
You guys are great!*

*I swear I´ve never had the urge to say something like this to "the corporation."

why do you guys (and gals!?) use LINUX?

techwiz03 · #2 (**permalink**) 29-Oct-2009, 20:43

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Originally Posted by Tester5000

I like my OpenSUSE!
I like it because it is free. Not in the sense of "I can´t afford a couple of bucks for something else" , rather in the sense of "Air is free, Water is free, sunshine is free, the books I get at the library are free, free love, the best things in life are free"

OK, I´m a bit of a hippy at heart.

And I like the community!
You guys are great!*

*I swear I´ve never had the urge to say something like this to "the corporation."

why do you guys (and gals!?) use LINUX?

I use Linux because I don't like avoidable crashes and poorly managed hardware. Linux (many distro's) are far more stable than another well known culprit. While Linux does have it's share of hardware specific issues, I can usually live with the alternate buggy, crashy OS while I wait for Linux to come up to speed. When Linux supports a piece of hardware it handles it well. The same can not be said of the other culprit.

And yes I like openSUSE, I like it being free only because I have bought the paid OS and didn't get even a quarter of the stability and features and apps that I get under Linux.