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05-07-2003, 10:26 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2003
Location: UNITED KINGDOM
Posts: 10
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Pros And Cons Of Linux
Could anyone tell me the pros and cons for using Linux?
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05-07-2003, 10:33 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Sparta, NC USA
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Posts: 5,141
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Pro - it works well and is very stable and solid.
Con - you have to learn about computers and the os to install and maintain it correctly.
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05-07-2003, 11:30 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Distribution: *NIX
Posts: 3,704
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Oh boy, you don't know yet what you are about to create.... There are tons of threads dedicated to the subject, so it might take you more than a year to go through them... But it is doable with only a search button away.
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05-07-2003, 02:44 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 927
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pros: open source, stability, variety, thousands of apps for everything imaginable, constant updating and improvement, etc.
look here for further inspiration:
http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html
cons: games, incompatibility with some newer hardware/devices
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05-07-2003, 03:27 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2002
Distribution: Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 1,055
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pros:
it just works. freedom from future licensing restrictions, forced paid upgrades and intrusive spyware from both the os provider and 3rd party developers.
cons:
you may have to think a little during install. then again you might not have to - depends on your hardware. six month after switching you will probably not even consider windows an alternative to linux. seriously.
if i buy a pair of shoes then i want to be able to determine when it's time for a new pair. and i don't want my shoes contacting the manufacture to tell them where I go, what paths I take and how long I stay there. =)
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05-07-2003, 08:04 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 797
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pro: It's complex, advanced, and has its own AI.
con: It's complex, advanced, and has its own AI.
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05-07-2003, 09:15 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 130
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Pro: Stable (unless you screw something up) flexable, tons of options, constantly updated, inexpensive, you learn more about your computer
Con: Some hardware support, software installation is a bit archaic, very little game support, apps (dozens of apps that all do the same thing but not ones that does what you need them too..subpar apps for a better OS) Too much reading redundant man pages for hours looking for that one paragraph that may actually help and then hoping it will work. Your forced to learn more about your computer than you really wanted or need to know. Dependencies suck.. you don't need to find them yourself nearly as much as you used to, but they still suck all around. Overly complex.
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05-07-2003, 09:25 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: Gentoo!
Posts: 1,153
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pro: stable, forces you to learn and you can wear cool clothes with tux on them
con: If you screw something it'll be very, very early in the morning as you stare blanky at a screen, incoherently mummbling "why won't you work, why?" 
Takes a while to get everything working perfectly
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05-07-2003, 10:35 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 618
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Pro: Fast, Stable, Cheaper Than Windows, Beautiful Window Managers
Con: Every now and then you fry a monitor by guessing modlines. 
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05-08-2003, 12:34 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Saint Charles, Missouri
Distribution: Mandrake 9.0
Posts: 5
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Pro: Rock solid stability, great support for noobs like myself, you can be a SU and do whatever you want to your system.
Con: Being a SU and accidentally deleting a daemon you need---and reinstalling it without a wizard.
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05-08-2003, 12:32 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
Posts: 1,398
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fast stable let me configure all the options by my self dont have worry about a .doc file to infect me. progs i use mainly developed under unix like os s.
cons:you have tor read read read.....
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05-08-2003, 12:44 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Cold North
Distribution: SuSE 9.1
Posts: 1,289
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Pros
I don't have to pay for it.
It does everything for me that Windows does.
I like it.
More stable.
WAY more customizable.
Cons
Just a bit of learning.
Um.....nothing else 
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05-08-2003, 09:14 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 797
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pro: Very good, supportive community.
con: High probability of threads like this being started.
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05-08-2003, 09:31 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Debian, Free/OpenBSD
Posts: 1,123
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Quote:
Originally posted by cuckoopint
pro: Very good, supportive community.
con: High probability of threads like this being started.
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lol 
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05-09-2003, 05:45 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 4,113
Rep: 
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Pro: Ultra-powerful.
Con: Hyper-complicated.
Pro: You're in charge
Con: You're screwed when you don't know what you're doing.
Etc.
But I'll take a double-edged sword over a no-edged one.
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