Wow, you've been missing out a lot if you haven't heard about linux, but don't worry, I'll show you all about it in this article!
Wikipedia:
Linux was originally developed as a free operating system for personal computers based on the Intel x86 architecture, but has since been ported to more computer hardware platforms than any other operating system.
When you hear open source you probably aren't much aware of what it actually entitles
Open Sorce means you can see the source code of the software in question.
Why is this awesome? Well it's awesome because you can modify it to your liking, and make it your own
Private & Customised software to suit your liking!
It also means that a lot of people can add better content to it since they have the source code, and in the end
an open source project ends up being sustained by lots of people which end in a better software product all-together.
An good open source project develops a comunity of people who help make it grow into a better piece of software.
But that's not the best part!
The best part is...
A lot of people still believe linux is that ugly console terminal.
That is NOT the case, linux now has a lot of beautiful user interfaces that you can choose from, I personally like gnome 3 the most!
Don't believe me? What if I told you that...
yes, Linux has grown so much over these past years that even google decided to make their own operating system based
off Linux and bring it to your phone!
A few statistics from w3schools.com:
Top ten platforms:
- 1 Windows 7 23.72%
- 2 iOS 9 14.16%
- 3 Android 4 12.16%
- 4 Windows 10 12.16%
- 5 Android 5 10.59%
- 6 Windows 8.1 5.10%
- 7 Android 6 4.41%
- 8 Mac OS X 3.82%
- 9 Windows XP 2.83%
- 10 Linux 2.48%
And this is among developers or students interested in in learning web development, businesses which want to check if their website is properly made, and even simple students searching to do their homework!
Linux is slowly taking over the world!
Another cool thing about linux is:
There are a LOT of distributions to choose from, and surely one of them will fit your own needs.
the largest and most versatile distribution in my own humble oppinion is Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is definitively out there for people who aren't that tech savvy, you don't even need to type anything into
a terminal anymore. And that is definitively a great accomplishment for linux!
Yes you've heard me right, no more annoying time consuming defragmentation!
The linux file system is made in such a way that it never fragments, so no more waiting for hours, sometimes having an error, your power failing, etc. Linux doesn't need that.
Yeah you no longer get forced to upgrade when you're playing or are in the middle of work when your computer suddenly turns off
you lose your data and then you are forced to wait even for hours if you don't have a high end pc while windows updates. I'm sure everyone who uses windows knows this feeling.
Linux only upgrades when you enter your password, you can't even click yes by mistake, or you can set it to leave you alone
and you can only update when you wish for it.
Unlike windows, linux upgrades all installed programs, and adds new features, and don't forget, they're free additions!
A very nice thing about linux is that it has a lot of games to play that are free!
Granted most of the free games out of them don't have the very best graphics, the nice part is that you don't
have to pay or pirate every one of them.
However that's all changed ever since steam decided to join linux.
#Steam is on Linux
Yes, you've read it right, Steam is on Linux!
You can buy games directly from steam and play them on your free open source operating system, no strings attatched!
What's more awesome than that?
Another chapter I'm going to talk about is...
Linux is also great for mentaining your own privacy, as you probably are aware due to scandals on the internet,
Windows 10 knows all of your info, searches, accounts, etc.
So if you're a person who doesn't appreciate being monitored constantly on everything you do,
then linux is definitively the choice for you!
Windows is so god damn big and cluttered, it's only natural that it performs slower.
Any kind of research done on large supercomputers will probably end up using linux, because it's so damn easy to
adjust to any such needs, why is that? It's small in size, and it's open source!
If you're on an older rig, then install linux on it and you will definitively squeeze more juice out of it and
expand it's lifetime!
You have your grandad's pc and none of the newer distributions work for it?
No problem! Just install a lite linux distribution such as slackware, or damn small linux!
Distributions such as ubuntu will give you an list of all the thousands of free programs you can install on it.
These apps are free, and there is usually an open source alternative to many programs, such as excel, word, autocad, etc.
Seriously there are so few viruses for this operating system I can count them on my fingers!
Linux's security is definitively not something to be trifled with. Combined with it's performance it's probably
the main reason why most companies choose to host their servers on the Linux operating system!
Linux is undoubtably the best choice in penetration testing, there's even a distribution for it!
This distribution contains everything a penetration tester could dream of.
Linux is also notorious for being the tool of "hackers" and this distribution only helps promote that even further!
Anyone wanting to steal his neighbours wifi can google a tutorial for kali linux, and chances are he will succeed!
Think about it, did you really secure your router with the best encryption?
The linux open source comunity has tools for everyone, from architects to programmers, from artists to writers, from 3d Modelers to 3d Animators.
No more paying thousands of dollars for Photoshop you can definitively use it to ease up your life!
In combination with the new raspberry pi it can provide a good learning enviroment for students in poor countries who can't really afford all those pcs for student, but with a 25$ computer the size of a credit card, well. They sure could!
Everything I've written here is my own work.
The header is my own work.
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