10 Reasons Why You Do Not Want to Install Linux

Ever.

1. The Linux Interface is Ugly

2. Linux has no support

3. Linux is Obsolete

4. Free Software destroys intellectual property

5. There are no games on Linux

6. Linux cannot
compete on quality

7. It's too hard to install
things on Linux

8. Everything works on a command line in Linux

9. Linux is too difficult
for normal people

10. Once I've installed Linux, I won't be able to get rid of it

Seriously.

It's there forever.

Really?

Are you sure?

1. The Linux Interface is Ugly

2. Linux has no support

Look left.

Now look right.

Now go look here:

http://www.linux.com/forums

There are online LUGs, forums, support networks, and help of all description online. Start googling!

3. Linux is Obsolete

4. Free Software destroys intellectual property

Working in the parallel universe of the Internet, a loosely coordinated, global federation of digital tribes built a new kind of democratic culture. This culture is embodied in free and open source software, the blogosphere and hundreds of wikis on specialised topics. It can be seen in remix music and amateur videos, the flourishing social networking sites, and new types of open business models.

These innovations are not primarily creatures of government or the marketplace. They represent a new commons sector - a realm of collective wealth generated by ordinary people through their own resourcefulness and sharing, largely outside of the money economy.

By Colin Dodd, from http://truthhappens.redhat.com/2009/03/20/a-better-commons-builds-a-society/

5. There are no games on Linux

6. Linux cannot
compete on quality

Linux: Because reboots

are for upgrades

Millions of developers, in hundreds of countries, not just a few thousand sitting in Silicon Valley

7. It's too hard to install
things on Linux

8. Everything works on a command line in Linux

9. Linux is too difficult
for normal people

Linux is no harder to learn than any other new thing. Most things are intuitive, there is a lot of documentation and help text available. And anything you can't work out?

Well, that's why we're here.

We were all Linux n00bs once too.

Honest!

10. Once I've installed Linux, I won't be able to get rid of it

So?

Are you ready to start?