Ten Reason to Ignore Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use Linux

“There is a tradition amongst the hard-core Linux aficionados to
extol Linux’s various virtues as a list of 10 or more reasons to
substitute (as in “dump”) an existing Windows installation with
Linux. There’s no reason to point them all out; a simple Google
search (“10 reasons to use Linux”) will provide you with such lists
stretching back through the years, as well as hours of
entertainment.

“One very recent list caught my eye over the weekend, published
by PCWorld. Their article, “Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use
Linux”, seems to have hit a nerve with me. Normally I just ignore
such journalistic pap, since the majority of it comes courtesy of
one ill-informed blog or another (such as this one). But in this
instance a “real” publication put some time and journalistic
“credibility” into this list, which places it in front of a wider
audience than the typical blog poist (again, such as this one).

“So let’s consider all ten points, starting with the first in
this list:

“1. Commercial Support

“In the past, businesses used the lack of commercial support as
the main reason for staying with Windows. Red Hat, Novell and
Canonical, the “big three” commercial Linux providers, have put
this fear to rest.”

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