heres mine::::....

10. open source baby!

9. nobody knows how to use my computer so it never gets messed up

8. i can tell bill gates to kiss my a** i dont need your crappy os

7. i can still run all of the windows-based software i need via winex and crossover office (p.shop, half-life, warcraft III)

6. learning linux has been a rewarding expirence

5. when i say i use linux people look at me like im a computing god

4. stabilty, i left my computer on for 3 days strait without any problems

3. when i hear about nasty viruses, i can laugh

2. getting to meet all kinds of cool, very helpful people at LQ

1. its not windows

I have 2 I think:

1. its more involved than other operating systems meaning I can learn and hack around where I want.

2. I have the freedom of choice to choose what I want to run and to choose to look at code and learn from it if I like

Shak

1 I can configure my system how ever the hell I want to.

2 I can get a lot of quallity software for free.

3 stability. winblows xp crashed (yes, the ever so stable xp !) yesterday. I havn't had linux crash on me in many months

4 it's open source. I like the phylosophy behind it.

5 I like to be different

6 I can actually get to use my brain while using it. Unlike that other point and clicky thing you call windows.

not again

he he he......

[sigh]

1.Its stable
2.Its a better learning expiernece then windows.
3.I can get the latest and greatest version for free
4.I can have multiple x windows servers running at once.

this has been done before?

im sorry

Oh boy....not again.


Just do a search on "why use linux"

ad-nauseum comes to mind

aaah I'm gonna vomit if I see another one of these....

Also, reasons 9, 8 and 5 are lame, really lame.

10. stable
9. allows much more control of my box
8. alot of simple tasks are easier on linux once you learn it, really they are
7. something other than macos on my mac
6. it's not microsoft
4. it's free
3. more flexible
2. still has a fully functional command line interface as opposed to one that's a vestage
1. you don't have to reboot unless you want to or are upgrading the kernel (for the most part)

I can update my system automatically without reporting home (sending information to somebody)

I have a cron job to apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade every day... ^_^

I assume that you're talking 'bout Debian.
In that case use apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

I like Tom's number 9 - nobody knows how to use it so it won't get messed up. I just had a little fella (7 year old - a son of my friends) over my house, what do you know - fluxbox was up and running with gkrellm only next thing I knew he was online playing Return to Custle Wolfenstein - children

lol. Smart fella !