Linux Advantages?

[Daniel4]

What are some of Linux advantages over Windows? Especially when you use your computer mostly for games, and the Internet.

 

[Priit]

Well, for games, Windoze in certanly better, but there are some titles avalible for linux, too (check out www.lokigames.com). For the Internet, linux is IMHO no. 1 OS. It's far more configurable, secure, stable than Windoze (at least much more stable than W9x), and it's free

 

[Gorgonzola]

if your going to be playing alot of games (provided there fairly new games) but want more stability than win9x then i suggest you use win2k. i have been using win2k for about 3 weeks now, and i have not had it crash once yet, and games actually run better than they did in win98 on my system.

 

[Damaged]

One word: control. Gaming...another word: NOT.

 

[nexus9]

Linux: free
Microsoft OS's: not free

-Nexus9

 

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

Chicks dig unix!

 

[sassykitten]

yeah I like it also I use linux as my gateway system RH6.2

 

[fogleroller]

FREE FREE FREE!!!

 

[UnixFreak]

open source. open source. open source.

 

[UnixFreak]

stability. stability. stability.

But seriously, If you are really into playing games, Windows has the upper hand, without a doubt. Much as I hate to say it, its true.

 

[Toad]

Just set up a dual-boot

I have yet to find anything that I would be willing to replace Windows with. Linux is fun, but just not as useful to me as Windows is. I don't mind paying for Windows if that's what it takes to get something accomplished.

I'm sure Linux would be great if I had time to sit down and learn it. If I had over 10yrs experience with Unix based stuff like I do with DOS/Windows, then it would be a different story.