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Why Linux? 7 Reasons That Make Linux Great

Updated on Jul 26, 2013 by Guest Authors

Ubuntu has worldwide fans even after the great drawback of not supporting games. Definitely it must have something that makes this operating system as the best one. Let’s see seven of the features that make Linux great.

1. Cost Effective

What can be said is that Linux is one of the cheapest operating systems available. Does that make you think if Linux is such a great OS why is it free. Reframe the question after you can answer this. Why are worlds most used and appreciated browsers Chrome and Firefox, free?

2. The update system

Frankly speaking Windows update system is useless. It takes all day to first gather the updates and then update one by one. Contrary to it Linux has ‘Update manager’; all the required updates are lined up automatically and as and when you wish to update a program simply choose it form the UM.

3. Cent Percent personalized

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The open sourced Operating system has immense choices when talked about features. It can satisfy people from all geographies and genre, simple for those who like simpler versions and for those who love to explore it offers infinite depth. You can change everything according to your choice even the file manager from the default Nautilus. Looks, E-mail Client and desktop environment, everything is subjected to change to make user experience personalization.

4. Customization

As told above that Ubuntu allows user to change almost everything, it definitely lets them to customize the existing ones. In case you don’t like the default versions you are offered immense choices to modify it accordingly.

5. Support

Linux is a user friendly operating system which comes up with an efficient help and support system. With the wide range of chat rooms and forums available with Linux, you can get all your Linux related issues solved easily. You can also get your queries answered on LinuxQuestions.org. Coming to the other aspect of support, Linux is a vast world supporting almost all types of hardware. If not, then definitely an ungraded version is coming up soon in the market.

 6. Bug handling

Though associated with support, this feature is indeed a must to be mentioned separately. With Linux, you can easily file the bug report, alerting the developer to make the essential corrections in the next release of the updated version. Also Linux comes with suggestion features. Being open software, you are free to give suggestions for improvements in the next version depending upon your desires and demands. It is an efficient way of getting feedback and parameters for improvement in the upcoming versions.

7. Communities

IRC chat, a chat feature supported by Linux lets the user find the likes of them. This is a great feature when you are stuck at a place in Linux; the Linux community is always ready to help you.

Conclusion

So you see it’s not necessary that open sourced OS is not a good choice, in fact it is the main aspect that makes Linux one of the most respected OS around the world. With these sought after features Linux Promises to offer its users a much better environment.

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  1. Paul Salmon says

    Mar 7, 2012 at 11:33 am

    I have installed Ubuntu on my old laptop, mainly because I didn’t want to shell out some money for Windows. I like the operating system, but I find that it is mainly limited to the technical group. I can’t see anyone that is non-technical using Ubuntu.

    The main reason for this is the hardware support. When I installed Ubuntu I had to jump through hoops to get the wireless adapter on the laptop to work. The network card work fine, but it took some time and effort to get the laptop connected to the wireless network. I can’t see a non-technical person going through such tasks. With Windows, it was just a matter of installing the OS and the wireless adapter worked without any issues.

    Being technical, I do enjoy using a non-Windows OS, and not having to worry about viruses and malware as much. But as always, I am ever-vigilant about such tings.

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  2. Ankur says

    Mar 14, 2012 at 12:23 am

    Also, its Virus free, always free, runs well on old hardware.

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