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### Reasons to switch to Linux
- Linux developers patch security holes faster than Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
- Linux security holes are patched in an average of 25 days.
- Apple 69 days
- Microsoft 83 days
- Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-zero-finds-linux-developers-patch-security-holes-faster-than-anyone-else/
- You can still use a lot of the tools that you use in Windows - or there is a comparable alternative.
- Microsoft Edge even runs in Linux. It's actually one of my favorite browser for using in the corporate world. You can sync your bookmarks/passwords, etc to your corporate account. You also sync them to a free Microsoft Outlook or Hotmail account, for example.
- It's free - and doesn't have ridiculous licensing enforcement/greed that MS/Apple have.
- You can run the "latest" version of Linux on just about any computer
- Microsoft is about to enforce some terrible restrictions on even their "Pro" version of Windows 11 - and that's that they will not allow account creation without have a Microsoft account. This is pretty tyrannical. You realize that you own your computer, right? This is bullshit and nobody should put up with this. This means that in order to use your computer, Microsoft has to know about it first or else you can't use Windows 11.
- Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/
- You have a package manager.
- Go ahead on your Windows computer. Think of a piece of software you'd like to install. Go to the website, find the download area, save it to your computer. Run the installer, complete the install, delete the installer file
- By the time you thought of the piece of software you wanted to install, a Linux user was already able to install it, no cleanup needed.
- Linux distributions, since I can remember over the last 15 years, have always had this, sort of, App Store. The difference with this "store" is that everything in this repository of software is free.
- Your downloads folder won't be full of bloated installers that you forgot to delete like on your Windows machine. Sure MacOS reminds me to delete installers, often. Package installing is still easier in Linux distributions that have a repository, which is most of them.
- Useful apps are already preinstalled.
- In Windows and MacOS, you don't typically start out with a fully-functional Office Suite installed. In Linux distributions, you do.
- Every Linux distribution and every spin or flavor of those distributions have their own software selections that their creators chose.
- You can Run most Linux distributions off of a USB stick (Try before you buy).
- This is how I started using Linux in 2005. It was on a CD Rom, though. But, since i couldn't write to that CD Rom, I couldn't save data to it. It was enough to play around with Linux to then decide if i wanted to install it to my hard drive. On the CD Rom, there is an Install launcher that made it so simple!
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By Manly Hanley Podcast### Reasons to switch to Linux
- Linux developers patch security holes faster than Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
- Linux security holes are patched in an average of 25 days.
- Apple 69 days
- Microsoft 83 days
- Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-zero-finds-linux-developers-patch-security-holes-faster-than-anyone-else/
- You can still use a lot of the tools that you use in Windows - or there is a comparable alternative.
- Microsoft Edge even runs in Linux. It's actually one of my favorite browser for using in the corporate world. You can sync your bookmarks/passwords, etc to your corporate account. You also sync them to a free Microsoft Outlook or Hotmail account, for example.
- It's free - and doesn't have ridiculous licensing enforcement/greed that MS/Apple have.
- You can run the "latest" version of Linux on just about any computer
- Microsoft is about to enforce some terrible restrictions on even their "Pro" version of Windows 11 - and that's that they will not allow account creation without have a Microsoft account. This is pretty tyrannical. You realize that you own your computer, right? This is bullshit and nobody should put up with this. This means that in order to use your computer, Microsoft has to know about it first or else you can't use Windows 11.
- Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/
- You have a package manager.
- Go ahead on your Windows computer. Think of a piece of software you'd like to install. Go to the website, find the download area, save it to your computer. Run the installer, complete the install, delete the installer file
- By the time you thought of the piece of software you wanted to install, a Linux user was already able to install it, no cleanup needed.
- Linux distributions, since I can remember over the last 15 years, have always had this, sort of, App Store. The difference with this "store" is that everything in this repository of software is free.
- Your downloads folder won't be full of bloated installers that you forgot to delete like on your Windows machine. Sure MacOS reminds me to delete installers, often. Package installing is still easier in Linux distributions that have a repository, which is most of them.
- Useful apps are already preinstalled.
- In Windows and MacOS, you don't typically start out with a fully-functional Office Suite installed. In Linux distributions, you do.
- Every Linux distribution and every spin or flavor of those distributions have their own software selections that their creators chose.
- You can Run most Linux distributions off of a USB stick (Try before you buy).
- This is how I started using Linux in 2005. It was on a CD Rom, though. But, since i couldn't write to that CD Rom, I couldn't save data to it. It was enough to play around with Linux to then decide if i wanted to install it to my hard drive. On the CD Rom, there is an Install launcher that made it so simple!
Follow our Podcast
- If you're a new listener to the Manly Hanley Podcast, we would love to hear from you. [Visit our website](https://randyhanley.com/) and leave a comment. Send me an email with any questions or comments.
- Follow [Randrums](https://twitter.com/randrums) on twitter