"After years of using Windows, I was tired of the upkeep that
was involved in maintaining the system. I constantly had to be on
guard against viruses and spyware and had to run extra programs
just to make sure my system stayed clean and uninfected with such
trash. My brother had been telling me about Linux for a couple of
years and finally convinced me to try it. The beauty was in the
trying. He had a live CD of sidux, which is basically the operating
system on a CD that can be booted up and used, without actually
installing it on the hard drive. This allowed me to see what the
system looked like and get a feel for what it was capable of. That
was plus points right off the start. Let's see you try that with
Windows. Most Linux distros have live CDs available for download
and it really does work. I chose sidux because that is what my
brother was using, but there are any number of distros to choose
from. A friend of mine over at Preacherpen's Desk uses Mepis and
has written extensively about it. My point is, Linux comes in many
different flavors, but it boils down to being a system that is easy
to use and update and is much more secure than Windows. I don't
even have to run antivirus or spyware programs to make sure the
system stays safe."
