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Why use Linux?

Many people have written to me over the years asking me the question, “Shaun, why don’t you use Linux?” The fact is, I do use Linux. I just don’t use Linux all the time, because I have other needs that Linux cannot fulfill. For instance gaming.

For those of you that do not understand what Linux is, I am going to give you a little bit of background on the subject when it comes to Windows versus Linux.

In a nutshell, Linux is an operating system the same way Windows is. Most of what you do in Linux these days you do in exactly the same fashion as you would in Windows. Example, when you want to open a window in Windows you double-click a folder. When you want to open a window in Linux you double-click a folder also. If you want to copy one file from one folder, to another folder, you simply drag the file from one folder to another folder. This goes for both operating systems. Windows and Linux.

In the past Linux was a bit frustrating to use. You had to use what was known as terminal, which was very similar to a DOS box in Windows, a.k.a. a command prompt. Quite often you would also have to compile many of the programs (software) that you were going to be using in Linux. In some cases you near had to be a programmer to be able to run anything. This was of course impractical.

These days since builds of Linux have evolved, builds such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint (which is based off Ubuntu), the operating system has become very much Windows-based. Copying files, using the Internet, writing documents, playing music and video, and many other things that you would normally do in Windows, can now be done in Linux without hassle.

Ahhh, I hear that collective question about why anybody would want to use Linux over Windows if they are both very much the same. The answer is very simple. Linux is free. It’s a part of the open source world.

From dictionary.reference.com:

adjective
1. Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
2. Pertaining to or denoting a product or system whose origins, formula, design, etc., are freely accessible to the public.

There are other reasons that you would want to use Linux over Windows. Much more important reasons. For instance, the fact that Microsoft has no beef about spying on what you are doing within your operating system. They have been caught doing it in the past and were punished accordingly, so what makes you think that they are not doing it now? Especially when it comes to what you are doing via e-mail, Skype and what you search for on the Web. I don’t know about you, but I do not believe in the theory ‘guilty until proven innocent’, so I see no need for Microsoft to be spying on what I am doing as if I’m some sort of criminal.

Microsoft has been caught installing updates onto Windows 7 and 8 computers that effectively introduce the same diagnostic telemetry technology used in Windows 10. It indiscriminately uploads data to Microsoft’s servers, a major privacy concern for many. ~ Source

Above is but one example of many when it comes to Microsoft’s privacy abuse. You can do a search for yourself and you will find many other examples.

Because Linux is run by the open source community, this means that it is a lot harder to insert backdoor spying, Trojans, viruses etc. Many people have to look over the code first, before it can be inserted into the Linux installations. Because the open source community is made up of people all around the world, and not by a group of people all huddled in one Corporation building where they can work together, (or by a group of people all huddled in one Corporation building, working against you the consumer) it makes it almost impossible for anything malicious to take place within the operating system.

It’s what I call the Dead Sea Scrolls theory. When the Dead Sea Scrolls were being translated, they sent different parts of the Scrolls to all corners of the earth to be translated by different bishops, because if it was translated by one bishop, then he could totally change what the translation really says without anybody knowing it.

What happens if I install Linux and do not like it?

For starters, I always recommend getting somebody that knows about operating systems, especially installing operating systems, to install Linux for you if you are unsure. Not understanding what it is you need to do to install an operating system can bring you nothing but bad pleasures. If however, you have experienced installing operating systems before, including having the knowledge to partition hard drives, then you will be fine more than likely.

Once you are comfortable knowing what it is you’re going to do to install the operating system, you can kick back and relax knowing that Linux can be installed on the same computer that Windows is installed on. You can keep both operating systems. If you choose, Windows will not be affected. All of your pictures, music, documents, movies etc, will be left untouched unless of course something goes wrong during installation. The chances of something going wrong however, if you do know what you’re doing, are slim to none.

In layman’s terms, when you turn your computer on you will be presented with a menu that will allow you to select between Windows or Linux. So if it comes to pass that you do not like Linux, then you can just select Windows.

Many people around the world to this day have both Windows and Linux. The primary reason they have both, is because Linux is great for your everyday needs when it comes to business, copying and moving files, watching movies, listening to music etc. The one thing Linux lacks in is gaming. Whilst Linux does have its own games, and can use an emulation system called WINE (they say that wine is not an emulator, but who cares) to run certain Windows games, it is not always efficient in doing so. So this is where keeping Windows can come in handy.

Using Windows for gaming only leaves Microsoft nothing to spy on. Meaning, should they actually be spying on you in the first place for whatever reason (of which they seem to have many), gaming is not going to give them anything to go on when it comes to your private life, be it e-mails, web searches (unless of course you are directly using their servers and beware of Google also when it comes to spying on web searches, as they do not delete any of the searches from their servers), because this will all be done in Linux. The only thing that Microsoft can gain with their spying in Windows if you are using Windows as a gaming platform, would be the knowledge of what games you play.

The first and foremost important thing to decide when installing Linux is what distro/build you are going to use. There are many different distro’s and builds of Linux out there. To name a few:

Ubuntu, Devil, Red Hat and Linux Mint.

For those of you who are just beginning in Linux, I always recommend Linux Mint. Linux Mint is based on the Ubuntu builds, except it has all the bells and whistles and extras that you could ever need for an operating system. Ubuntu alone, needs a bit of work. For instance if you wanted to encode in MP3 or watch DVDs, you would have to understand terminal (similar to command prompt) and have a deep knowledge of installing certain things that are not so surface level in Linux. Linux Mint takes away all of this hassle and has already done it in a part and parcel value, when you download the ISO file.

The best way to test Linux Mint is by downloading the ISO file, burning it to DVD, and then booting it. In other words after burning it to the DVD, place the DVD in your DVD drive, and restart the computer so that the computer will boot the DVD. It will load the OS (operating system, in this case Linux) and give you time to test drive it before installing it on your hard drive. There are also installations of Linux, that can be installed like a Windows program that you can uninstall later, should you not enjoy the operating system.

Also for those of you that are just beginners using Linux, I recommend the MATE desktop that comes with Linux Mint. KDE is a great desktop, however is somewhat more difficult to comprehend than MATE.

More information about Linux Mint can be found at LinuxMint.com. This is also where you can download the operating system.

In the meantime you need to weigh whether your privacy is worth its weight in gold. What is it you do on a computer? Are you a hard-core gamer, a businessman, a movie buff or just a person who listens to music? What is it you need to do with your computer? Once you’ve weighed all of this up, you should then be able to clearly decide whether you want to use Windows or Linux. Or both.

To explain what I have experienced with Linux in a nutshell:

Linux Mint is a beautiful operating system, with all of the privacy that you could ever need, with all the smooth functioning you could ever want, when it comes to copying files watching movies and listening to music, browsing the Internet etc, but I have to be honest when I say that it lacks in gaming. But what does it matter when I can have both as a dual boot system?

For those of you that are new to the idea, as difficult as it may sound sometimes, please by all means give it a try. It can’t hurt, given that you can test drive it at first by simply booting a DVD.

As the motto goes, “Linux Mint: From freedom came elegance!”