5 Reasons Why People Use Linux Instead Of Windows And Mac
Why do people use Linux as a basic system instead of Windows and Mac?
In this article, I will share with you the most important reasons that make people prefer Linux over Windows and Mac. I am not saying that you should dispense with Windows and Mac and work only with Linux — I am just sharing with you the reasons why people move from Windows and Mac to Linux.
This article is directed to beginners and to those who don’t know anything about Linux, so if you are a Linux professional, I hope that you read the entire article nonetheless to provide feedback on anything you feel is mistaken or even to rehash your own ideas about Linux.
First, before I get started, I have to explain some important things. There are some people at the moment who, as soon as they hear about Linux, get this one idea — Linux is about hacking. And that’s a big mistake. Linux has no relation with Hacking and Kali-Linux is just a Hacking tool only and you can’t work with it as a basic system.
Linux is an operating system like Windows and Mac. The difference between them is that Linux is a free and open-source system and you don’t have high requirements to get it to work — just 1GB or 2GB RAM will work very well. So, most of those advantages I will talk about them later in detail. I won’t talk about Linux as a server but as a basic system. And now someone will say it is called GNU/LINUX, not Linux — yes, I know, bro — but we say Linux because it’s easy on the tongue.
First reason: Open-source
Open-source means that anyone can read the code, and there are thousands and tens of thousands of people who read most open-source projects. And if there is some problem, it appears quickly when the software is open-source so no one can do anything wrong, unlike the software which is closed-source like Windows and Mac.
Second reason: Free
Since we said previously that Linux is open-source, so it’s natural that it is free. This means that now you can go to the website of Linux and search for distribution that you want and work with it, unlike Windows, which most people can’t buy and they take it cracked from some website full of viruses.
Third reason: Freedom
I want an operating system I can control, not one that controls me, or my computer, or my laptop. I don’t want to have to upgrade my RAM and CPU just due to an update. I want to be the controller of my computer and do the customization in my own way.
Fourth reason: Updates
With Linux, it’s not important to update all the time. You can stay with the same version for years, and the updates for Linux is optional, unlike Windows, where if you didn’t let the update be downloaded, it will update itself in the background.
Fifth reason: Secure
Linux is open-source and we said previously that many people read the code. On Linux, there is nothing called an anti-virus, second many hackers don’t target Linux because the percentage of users is 1% compared to Windows and Mac, so the hacker will not target Linux users.
And finally, there are a lot of other reasons. But here I mentioned the ones I considered to be important and that make people move from Windows and Mac to Linux. Thank you again.
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