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Why Use Linux?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 20, 2009

“Around the same time came a flurry of discussion on Digg of a
linfo article titled “25 reasons to convert to Linux.” Nearly 800
Diggs and more than 300 comments greeted that twist on the
topic.

“’10 Reasons You Should Not Switch’

“The Linuxy love gained a little extra momentum when PC Magazine
columnist, cranky geek and longtime critic John Dvorak announced
last week, “Dvorak likes Linux.” Bloggers on the Loop, Digg and
LXer — among others — all celebrated that one.

“Taking a tongue-in-cheek approach, meanwhile, was LinuxHaxor’s
post titled, “10 Reasons you should not switch to Linux.” (No. 1 on
the list: “You actually enjoy paying for an operating system that
is so mired with bugs and issues that it shouldn’t be even released
as an alpha build. What recession?”)”

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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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