[Random] Linux. 5 reasons to use, 5 to bin it

[GladyGlados]

Pro's:
1. Faster than Windows by a long shot (Uses less resources)
2. Next to 0 Viruses and malwares
3. Supports legacy hardware
4. Many different features and flavors to choose from
5. More customizable

Con's
1. Does not support windows apps out of the box
2. Less support for modern hardware (Talking about you Nvidia)
3. Can fuck up systems if you don't know how to use Sudo commands
4. People will call you a nerd
5. Often comes with ugly gui's (Yes Lubuntu im talking about you)


lets see what you think

[KeiraDrake]

Makes a Great Substitute when Wins7 uninstalls itself, Fallen victim to that numerous times.

[BarelyVisible]

Pros:
1. Most Linux Distro's are free.
2. Generally more stable than either Windows or Mac O/S (Apple fanbois plz dun hurt me.)

Cons:
1. Most commercial support packages are aimed at enterprise solutions, not home users.
2. Initial setup can be lengthy and tedious if you're not familiar with the specific Distro.

[Marcel]

Con's
1. Does not support windows apps out of the box

No problem since you will just use windows if you need to run that software.

2. Less support for modern hardware (Talking about you Nvidia)

Indeed, bad boi Nvidia, go fix ur driv0rz!!!

3. Can f**k up systems if you don't know how to use Sudo commands

Actually knowing your superuser commands can fuck up a system far worse

4. People will call you a nerd

Already a nerd, and i get paid big time to be one!

5. Often comes with ugly gui's (Yes Lubuntu im talking about you)

Wait, linux, GUI? What's wrong with the command line? X window system, what's that?

[eymas]

Pros:
1. Live CD environment allows for great troubleshooting solutions,
2. Customizable to the core, just about anything can be configured as you want it to be.
3. As time passes; reaches the same list of applications you can use on windows(or games @ steam)
4. Free, unless you use RHEL(recommendation, Fedora is the free version of it)
5. Pretty serious(Killing an app seriously KILLS it, removing a file with the "sudo" flag literally does)

Cons, of course:
1. Handle with care, especially if you play around with su(do)
2. Drivers, they're pretty scarce.
3. Not all of your games/applications have a linux version(Don't bother with WINE unless you're persistent enough)
4. While very customizable it leads to wasted time/potential fixing stuff when it breaks,
5. Barely anyone understands WTF you're doing.

Despite that I still have an 80GB IDE drive running Fedora 19. and a Raspberry Pi for fooling around(Currently trying to set it up as PPTP VPN for bypassing the proxy @ my office)

[Teddy]

Surprised nobody mentioned security as a pro, over Windows ;)

[eymas]

Surprised nobody mentioned security as a pro, over Windows ;)

good point, but i could only list five :3

[Dean.]

I tried installing ubuntu on both of my virtual machines but I fucked it up again by messing up some settings in both VMware and virtual box 

[BarelyVisible]

Surprised nobody mentioned security as a pro, over Windows ;)

Meh, uttering the words "Security" and "Windows" in the same sentence have become somewhat of a social taboo it seems.

[eymas]

I tried installing ubuntu on both of my virtual machines but I f**ked it up again by messing up some settings in both VMware and virtual box 

I had to give a demo once to a class when they had to install ubuntu.

ended the presentation with "sudo rm -rf /*" to show how serious the sudo command could be without realizing that I did press ENTER 

good thing that it was in VMware.

[Gandalf]

Security: most botnets use badly configured linux servers. 
Resources: remove the GUI from windows and it uses less, besides that what are you going to use the resources you free up for ?

[Marcel]

Surprised nobody mentioned security as a pro, over Windows ;)

A system is as secure as the user or admin operating it

[Teddy]

Resources: remove the GUI from windows and it uses less, besides that what are you going to use the resources you free up for ?

Have less laggy servers and services 

or really anything, sure its easy to find something =))

[eymas]

Have less laggy servers and services 

or really anything, sure its easy to find something =))

does work on my raspberry pi for instance.
too bad my wifi dongle doesn't have a CLI frontend. yet

[GladyGlados]

Well just for fun im gonna give 3 more reasons
1. Perfect for running a server/website from home
2. TroubleShooting for windows (Removing dem malwares)
3. Smoother on most systems


cons
1. People be like DAFUQ YOU DOIN NIGGA? HACKIN DEM GOVERNMENT FILES
2. Fucks up shit if not installed
3. No Games (But Valve will save the day wid the SteamBox)