Operating System Decision

[jon]

ok :p and by no means was i saying he should install bsd, i am all about windows, guess I just got off track, sorry

[SandWraith]

1.) Barely ANY viruses, Your not prone to any of the new W32.* w/e viruses coming out!

If you're somewhat competent with a computer, you can avoid almost every virus on a windows machine. Yes, linux is a lot better about viruses, but I have only gotten 1 virus in over 2 years with my pc, and then it took about a minute to remove it (stupid Sasser programmers had it show up in your msconfig startup programs tab, so you can just uncheck it )

5.) Graphics are way better!

Can't really be the judge of it, but great graphics and almost no games doesn't really equal out

6.) Don't have to by for half the programs you use!

THE BEST REASON FOR LINUX!!!

7.) *nix has been around for years, and has proven its stability! Really no more FREEZING of programs and crap.

Again, competence = no headaches (I probably freeze up once a month or so)

8.) More customizable then windows

Another good reason.

And I think partition magic isn't a very hard program to use at all, if you just spend a good half hour researching partitions or finding a good walkthrough for it (if you are really clueless). The program is so inuitive, you'd be hard-pressed to mess up.

Yeah, I think linux is an awesome idea, but it IS a lot of work and sorta a niche OS. I have all the respect in the world for people that can use it effectively, but I can't.