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The Tech Zone: 10 Reasons Why You Should Adopt Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 28, 2005

“Developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, Linux is a free operating
system which ‘belongs to the world’ and today, it has millions of
happy users worldwide. Its being free doesn’t mean its being meaner
than other operating systems. On the contrary, the industry experts
are most impressed by its power and richness and more and more
users are embracing Linux. Changing operating systems is definitely
a big labor but this one-time labor is nothing if compared to all
that one does to tackle those terrible blue screens of death,
frozen windows, system crashes, viruses, data loss and spy wares.
We are not destined to spend a quarter of our lives installing,
de-installing and re-installing anti-virus tools or restarting
computers and those geeks and non-geeks, who realize this, close
their Windows, migrate to Linux and live happily ever after. And,
I’ll give you just some of the reasons why…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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