re: Someone explain Linux to me?

I said install it on, not install on it. But...

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QuickBooks

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I wouldn't infect any machine with that trash unless it's the only thing it's used for. There are online services that mostly replace it, though.

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Office

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LibreOffice works great for me.

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Visual Studio

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Linux has dev tools to suit nearly everyone.

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AutoCad

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CAD is a legit weak spot for Linux, but LibreCAD is great for 2D.

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any accounting software, any medical practice software, any law firm software, any insurance agency software

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A whole lot of stuff runs in the browser these days.

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any architecture or engineering design software

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These won't be best of class, but there is software available for pretty much anything.

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But you can run a website, which is where it has its niche. Perhaps as a firewall or other under the hood processes.

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Android is also quite a "niche". Cable/DVR boxes. Embedded systems. Movie production and visual effects workstations. There are likely more systems running Linux than all other OSes combined. There is little that it isn't used for.

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But not as a productive end user computer. 

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I have been quite productive for the last 8 years, as have millions of others. Maybe you should do a little research?