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Originally Posted by flatbutt
What's the advantage of Linux over Windows?
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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.).
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I will add that you do not need antivirus and you do not need to defrag or disc clean up and you can update if you want but do not really need to. I started running Mint from a flash drive. Then tried several distros on a partition along side Windows. Linux just keeps getting better. I only use Windows for certain things.