linux (some flavors) is spyware free. windoze is creepy

some? which ones have spyware?

I still use Linux because it is freely available, works well, and actually contains all of the applications I need, at least for basic desktop use - Web browser, Email client, and text editor. I can also use the word processor with a reasonable degree of interoperability with Microsoft Word documents, certainly good enough for my needs. I have little need, at least at home, for using Windows any more.

I have been using Linux since 1995, and have used it as my main home system since 2001.

it's free, fast, simple, understandable, it does what it is told to do... it's faster to work on (compare `locate foo` to m$ search assistant, that animated dog and the clicking and opening of the windows-...)

the one that have code that is copyrighted instead of copylefted.
for example, compare redhat to whitebox.
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i was bored and didn't feel like studying. i heard linux was good so i decided to dual boot. no longer dual booting because for some indescribable reason i like linux so much.

Why did I install Linux?

Sooner or later Microsoft is going to bite the dust. Hard. What OS will be there to take its place? Mac? Please...

I was also bored, and Linux has this wicked cool lookin penguin, totally awesome. So I also got into linux for sheer entertainment. Man I need a job...

Also, ever get this feeling that for some reason, Big Brother is watching you when you use Windows? Product activation anyone? Genuine Windows Advantage? These mystery processes that do stuff behind your back? With Linux, I can view EVERYTHING that my comp is doing, even if I don't understand all of it.

[Simple Answer] Linux kicks @$$!!! [/Simple Answer]

Yeah, I'll second that!

Why did I switch to Linux? My hard drive crashed and my WinXP disc vanished. I was in Best Buy looking over the cost of replacing WinXP and having a stroke when one of the fellas at Best Buy pointed me towards Linux. 60 dollars for SuSE10.0 vs 300 dollars for WinXPPro. Having graduated from high school the math was pretty simple. Bought SuSE10.0 and installed it. That was in the first week of Feb this year. I'm enjoying it, and even I can tell a difference where stability is concerned. Just one problem; I have no experience with things like DOS or command line manipulation and I can tell that I will have to pick such skills up. I only hope that I'm up to the task. I think that if I can pick up the skills I need to competently use Linux my computing experience will continue to be positive.

That's an odd definition of sypware right there.

I got sick of the BSOD, Freezing up, and the "Illegal programme operation" crap message. I only use windows for my digital camera and printer, cuz I cant them working under Linux.......

I switched because I got sick of all the Windows errors and crashing (once every 2 days), and because the PC adminstrator at school swore by linux. Tried Red Hat 9 at first and never turned back.

Make sure you have CUPS installed and the CUPS service working. Head to

You'll be asked for a username and password, use root and your root password. Then add a printer, it's quite straightforward.

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Well for starters, I hope your Win2K is legal. Bad Bill and company will start using their update services to track down unlicensed copies of The Windows Operating Systems.

And of course the planned discontinuance of retail outlet sales will setup the online purchase plan. You will buy your license prior to download.
If you want a CD, either you copy the software to CD' which of course will be illegal or you do without. The final insult of the hated EULA is that all your rights for Microsoft products that you pay for will be expunged at the time you purchase your license. No ownership or archive copy on your part at all. No recourse because you'll sign away any conceivable rights to litigation when you buy the license.

And let's not forget M$ will no doubt release required upgrades which you "might" have to pay for.

Gee, how do you like "Bill" now?

All the apps I really like are open-source, anyway. On windows, I had to install them, with linux many are included by default. With windows, I need to keep finding/using/updating anti-virus software. Linux remains free (as in beer). I like the idea of community/volunteer efforts within the open-source community. I don't like community effort being exploited to deny freedom, hence my preference for GPL over BSD licenses.