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re: Someone explain Linux to me?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:31 pm to FT
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:31 pm to FT
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I don't really understand why people use it over a traditional operating system. So if you use it, I just wanna know why and what makes you stick with it, or made you switch?
It's fast and never slows down.
Viruses are essentially a non-issue.
Software is dead simple to install, and everything updates automatically. Everything.
There is no limit to how you can make it look and work. Complex as hell, or dead simple.
It's free. I can install it on whatever I want, as often as I want. No hassle.
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Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:39 pm to Korkstand
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I can install it on whatever I want
...except any normal software. QuickBooks, Office, Visual Studio, AutoCad, any accounting software, any medical practice software, any law firm software, any insurance agency software, any architecture or engineering design software, etc...
But you can run a website, which is where it has its niche. Perhaps as a firewall or other under the hood processes. But not as a productive end user computer.
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