101 Reasons to use FOSS / Linux
There are definitely a lot of reasons why we use FOSS / Systems, that's why we are creating this list to help spreading the words to the mass public. It's always an on-going list let's don't stop at 101 reasons and please add your reasons below:
- Freedom to create, share, invent, collaborate, learn, and modify and freedom matters!
- Free of Cost (Not always but you always have choice)
- Lots of choice, not only what to use but also how to use it
- No Vendor lock in
- Open Standard (odt, png ..)
- No Virus (Linux doesn't)
- No piracy
- Everybody can try and play
- Promote transparency and accountability, you (can) know what you are installing and using
- Lots of community Support, you can even get to talk to the guys who developed the Software
- Cross platform
- Create real innovation
- Promote honesty as there are lots of honest quality referees
- It doesn't support monopoly
- Promote free market competition and create lots of business opportunities
- Keen competition helping to keep things move forward
- It doesn't belong to any company, it belongs to us
- Bring people together from all over the world
- The most powerful way to build thing as anybody can just join
- Full of passion and the communities are full of passionate people
- Reward skill, ingenuity, and willingness to learn
- An outcome of cooperation and collaboration
- It succeed on its own merits, crappy Software cannot be propagated by marketing hype
- It doesn't exclude anybody and its door is always open
- Google and most MNC support FOSS
- Lots of free tutorials online for you to learn as long as you are willing to learn
- It accommodates everybody, from beginner to expert, from children to elder
- It promotes knowledge sharing and allow everybody to learn from each others
- It's an opportunity for countries to develop a crucial pool of knowledge workers to enhance its global competitiveness
- It encourages easy customization, as we don't believe one product suitable for everybody
- It doesn't sacrifice quality as there is no deadline, developers keep working on it until it's perfect
- Most company use FOSS tool even they produce non-FOSS product (Ex java tool)
NASA uses FOSS as it allows them to do things at massive scale and low cost
- You are free to localize it and share with your country (esp. for those countries that companies believe they are not profitable for sales)
- FOSS systems are famous for its reliability and stability
- Linux is fast to boot
- XFS on Linux can scale upto a million TB (NTFS is just 16 TB)
- Linux can scale to 1024 processors on a single computer
- Super Computer to Server of Google to mobile and your Airtel Beetal router use Linux
- Linux supports 100+ file system
- Linux is fast to install
- Linux supports Dual boot
- Linux allows you to install from network, usb, cd/dvd
- Linux has Everyday updates
- True 64 bit distro available
- Easy test drive (Ex Mysql is free of cost)
- Eye candy e.g. 3D Desktop - Compiz Fusion
- No need for extra device drivers
- Multiple Workspace
- Purpose based Distro
- Most documented Operating System
- No De-fragmentation needed
- No more BSOD
- No Reboot – no need to turnoff your PC for months after install
- Built in visualization ( XEN / KVM / Virtual Box / etc )
- Linux is used in embedded device as well
- Now Mobile comes with FOSS systems – Openmoko, Android,
- Open to public BUG tracking system
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