Comments on: 5 Reasons To Install Linux Today

By: dragonmouth

dragonmouth — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:55:34 +0000

Another reason to install and use Linux is that it is hardware-independent. You can install it on a storage device (HD, SSD, CD/DVD, USB) and then use that device on any PC. Linux will “adapt” to the hardware.

In fact, many distros have been specifically designed that way. Any distro that is used in pen-testing. Distros like GParted, Clonezilla, TAILS, etc.

Windows, OTOH, is wedded to the hardware it was originally installed on.

By: Manik Purushottam

Manik Purushottam — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:08:53 +0000

Thanks for this wonderful article. I am just testing multiple linux distros, and this has helped me learn.

By: dragonmouth

dragonmouth — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:44:29 +0000

In reply to Matt M..

@Matt:

You did really expect Gabriel to mention every single programming language available on Linux, did you? Python was just an example.

BTW – you yourself did not mention one or two or a dozen of languages that are also available, so I guess that makes you guys even. :-)

By: dragonmouth

dragonmouth — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:39:05 +0000

“Reason #2 – Linux can Bring old Hardware back to Life”

With many distros having eliminated or in the process of eliminating 32 bit version, that statement is less and less by the day. Some 32 bit distros are also no longer being updated.

“Reason #3 – Linux is the Best Tool to Learn How Computers Work”

Depending on which distros you use. Starting with Ubuntu and its spin offs, the trend among the developers has been to Window-ize Linux. That is to say that users are allowed to run Linux applications but the guts of the O/S have been made harder to access. To learn Linux, not to just run Linux programs, you need to use distros like Arch, Slackware, Gentoo or the CORE versions of some distros.

By: dragonmouth

dragonmouth — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:24:12 +0000

In reply to Paul.

It could be great for home users if programs were easier to install”

Instead of using .deb or .tar files and the command line to install them, why not use the GUI package manager and the repositories provided by each distro?! Just because Windows forces you to download software in the form of .exe or .zip files and then go through all kinds of machinations to install that software, does not mean that you have to subject yourself to that same self-abuse. “Ease of software installation” is another reason to install Linux.

I’ll grant you that for some esoteric software comes only in .deb/.rpm or .tar formats and it is necessary to use the command line to install them. HOWEVER, very few newbies and not many intermediate Linux users will be looking to use an esoteric software. They will be more than satisfied with the tens of thousands of software packages available in their distro’s repositories.