Linux is an open-source operation system. This means that anyone can use it instead of Windows and they don't have to pay for it. I am trying to make myself transfer to Linux right now. I have it installed on one of my hard drives and switch between using Windows and Linux.
I think that the average computer user can't use Linux because program installation is a little trickier than Windows. For example if you want to install a flash player for an internet browser in windows you just download it and run the install program. In Linux you have to go to the terminal and type in a command to install it. It doesn't take much to get used to it, but you may have to do some online investigating to figure out how to do certain things.
Now, for people who are a little tech savvy, Linux is the way to go. There are almost no viruses on Linux. It is FREE and many of the programs you use on it are, guess what, FREE. So if you like to edit images you can use Gimp for free instead of paying some ungodly amount for Photoshop (although I hear the new version that is coming out of photoshop can do some pretty cool stuff, click here). Anyways I don't think you can use photoshop on Linux anyways.
Linux is also used as a standard OS for servers. I have been doing web design for a few years now and trust me, you don't want to put your website on a windows server. Too many conflicts and problems. Stick with Linux.
In conclusion, for the price and the lack of virus attacks Linux probably one of the best operating systems out there for those that have a little technological know how. We'll see what Google does with its Chromium OS later this year.
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