Need to convince a friend, relative or school to switch to Linux? Or yourself? Well, here to help the Linux Information Project has a list of 25 reasons why you should.
Here’s a sampler:
- Because it is licensed under a free software license, Linux (as well as other free software) is available at no cost. This is in sharp contrast to Microsoft Windows, which can easily cost US$100 or more per computer.
- Because it is free software, Linux is also free in the sense that anybody is permitted to modify it, including its source code, in any way desired.
- High quality support for Linux is available for free on the Internet, including in newsgroups and other forums.
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Ulteo have relased a new application today which allows Windows users to run Linux programs on Windows, without rebooting or starting a VM. The Linux apps can access all the user’s documents, print and even output sound. The system uses the coLinux kernel patch, rather than a tradional VM, such as Zen or QEMU. Performance is “close to a native installation on the PC.”