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Originally Posted by flatbutt

What's the advantage of Linux over Windows?

Originally Posted by legion

1. Uses way less system resources. I run Ubuntu on a Celeron with 2GB of ram and it performs similar to Windows 10 on my i5 with 8GB of ram. It's also a great way to make old hardware useable again.

2. Doesn't constantly send information about you back to Microsoft. Doesn't automatically download software you don't want or need.

3. It's free. It's stable. It is actively improved.

Big disadvantage is if you need to use software that is only available on Windows. You can try to fiddle with emulators and other things to try to make it work, or you can keep some Windows machines around (my solution). Like I said, it's a great OS for web surfing and light use of office productivity applications (word processor, spreasheet, etc.).

I think the 2 primary reasons that most folks use Linux is #2 and #3 above. It's free, and there's no "Big Brother" aspect.

Or you could potentially (depending upon how savvy you are) create a partition on your hard drive to install and dual boot windows. I haven't done that in probably 15 years. It wasn't hard then, but it wasn't simple either. I assume it's much easier now than it was.