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PC World's Steven writes:

"Dear me. Just because I recently talked about Windows XP SP3's virtues and vices, some people seem to think I've turned away from my beloved Linux systems. Nope, I'm still a rock-solid Linux desktop user.

Can Linux be cracked? Sure, any system can be cracked. That's not the question. The question is: Which system is fundamentally more secure and easier to keep secure?" The winning answer by a mile is Linux, and that's why I'm sticking with it for my primary desktop."
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decapitator - 591 days 21 hours ago
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Linux is that good ? I mean, i know it has some of the best applications out of all the OS's but I had no idea it was the best out of the bunch.
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GutZ31 - 591 days 17 hours ago
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Guy has to many damn computers, of course he loves linux.
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AuToFiRE - 591 days 7 hours ago
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I have 1 (one) computer, and it has been running Linux since september 100%, i will never switch back to windows, i love it that much, theres something appealing about going to add/remove programs and being able to add or remove programs at the click of a checkbox and forums that if you post a problem you will have a solution to it within 2 minutes
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dhammalama - 591 days 20 hours ago
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2 - linux is great.
And it gets better constantly.
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IdleLeeSiuLung - 591 days 18 hours ago
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3 - Linux is great for certain things....
Linux is certainly rock solid as a webserver, but not so when it comes to graphical applications. It also has extremely high learning curve is highly unintuitive (for people brought up on Windows i.e. the rest of the world).

I was able to setup a webserver with IIS in 30 minutes without knowing anything about Windows Server 2003, but it took me 1-2 days to figure out Apache configuration files with Linux... I'm not even confident it is setup properly.
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stennexxx - 591 days 17 hours ago
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4 - LINUX RULES!
Linux is the best OS. It real time compared to Windows. Also way much harder to crack and it has way better memory management. In other words you can run many videos, play games, listen to music even burn a cd/dvd at the same time. Windows would crash no matter how much memory you install in the systems. This is why Apple uses OSX(Leopard). I am currently studying Operating Systems in my degree and Linux is just amazing. M$ likes to buy other software. Windows CE is probably M$ best OS to date. Anyway i will be creating my own Linux version for the class so wish me luck.

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Calcio - 590 days 22 hours ago
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But is it the best for gaming?
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