The cloud and social sites have taken the bite out of so many traditional OS arguments. Except it depends on how you interact with your computer. For programming, Linux kicks ass, unless you're just going to stick with Windows programming. If you're needing any OS to get you online, then any of the big three will do. If you're a professional video editor or photographer needed Photoshop, you'll want Windows. If you've got money to burn every six months, buy Apple! And so on. Sounds like a lot of folks in this thread haven't actually used Linux recently for more than a day or so, decided it wasn't like Win7, and promptly hit the dump key. I contend that learning a new OS is like taking on a new job, or in some sense moving to a different country: it takes a while to get accustomed to its ways. Flying into Paris and asking everyone "Do you speak English?" is being an ugly American. Once you immerse yourself, Linux is stupid-easy. Even easier if you pick a distro and stick with it. Oh well, here's my response, and thanks
Renegade, for posting this.
1. You’re Tired of Paying for SoftwareI just couldn't afford to any longer.
2. You’re Tired of Upgrading HardwareI just couldn't afford to any longer.
3. You’re Tired of MalwareOh yeah. I laugh everytime I read about AV software.
4. You’ve Seen One Too Many Patch TuesdaysNah, updating often is a good thing Microsoft does.
5. You Don’t Have the TimeNo, I've had the time, just not the patience.
6. You Like SpeedOh hell yea, especially on older/2nd gen machines. Doubling the life cycle of my hardware is sweet.
7. You Like SharingIn what sense? As long as your software uses open file formats, we can share. Otherwise, I could care less because I'm not paying for Microsoft Office, period. If you have to use Powerpoint (the example the author uses), don't. No one I know uses Powerpoint unless they want to put a crowd to sleep.
8. You Don’t Actually Love Internet ExplorerJust one in the crowd these days.
9. You Want to Be in ControlI want to be DRM-free and open source as much as possible.
10. You’re One of a KindNo, not at all. My computer works and looks a lot like your Win7 computer. Only mine is far easier to customize, upgrade, update, try new software, copy the OS to share with others, install as many times as I want on as many machines as I want, all at
zero cost. With
openSUSE, I've had no hassles whatsoever, and it trades files back and forth seamlessly among discs, USB sticks, and networked Windows computers in the house.
