A verdadeira razão para utilizar Linux...

We tell people we use Linux because it's secure. Or because it's free,
because it's customizable, because it's free (the other meaning),
because it has excellent community support...

But all of that is just marketing bullshit. We tell that to non-Linuxers because they
wouldn't understand the real reason. And when we say those false
reasons enough, we might even start to believe them ourselves.

But deep underneath, the real reason remains.

We use Linux because it's fun!

It's fun to tinker with your system. It's fun to change all the settings,
break the system, then have to go to recovery mode to repair it. It's
fun to have over a hundred distros to choose from. It's fun to use the
command line.

Let me say that again. It's fun to use the command line.

No wonder non-Linuxers wouldn't understand.

The point with us Linux fans is - we use Linux for its own sake. Sure, we
like to get work done. Sure, we like to be secure from viruses. Sure,
we like to save money. But those are only the side-effects. What we really like is playing with the system, poking around, and discovering completely pointless yet fascinating facts about the OS.

There are three main reasons Linux is so much fun:

1. Linux gives you complete control

Ever tried stopping a process in Windows and the OS wouldn't let you? Ever
tried deleting a file - and you couldn't? Even though you had admin
rights?

Linux lets you do anything. That's the great benefit of
usually logging in as user. If you login as the root, the OS assumes
you know what you're doing. Once you become root, everything is allowed.

2. Linux isn't widely used

This is a paradox. We often complain Linux isn't more widely used. But
that's one of the reasons we use it. It gives us a feeling of being a
special clique. Like we're better than "those ignorant masses".

If Linux becomes widely used, we'll probably switch to something else. Or
at least develop an obscure distro that only we will use. Because,
let's face it, we want to feel special.

3. Linux is free (as-in-speech)

We can get the source code for all our applications. If we want to know
how a certain part of the OS works, we can. This lets us tweak and play
with our systems. And we absolutely loo-o-o-ve tweaking our system.

Of course we can't tell non-Linuxers we use Linux because it's fun -
they'd stick us into a mental asylum quicker than you can say
"antidisestablishmentarianism". So we'll keep telling them the false
yet plausible reasons for using Linux. But deep inside, we'll know the real reason we use Linux.

And maybe, just maybe, next time someone asks me why I use Linux, I'll
flash a huge smile and answer: "Because using Linux is FUN!"



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Também já experimentei o linux e gostei, experimentei a caixa mágica 10 aliás. Mas estou mais ambientado ao windows, se tivesse um disco maior usava os 2 SO.

Tenho Ubuntu comecei a usar porque precisava de programar em C no meu curso, neste momento tenho os 2 OS's sempre instalados no portátil (Ubuntu + Vista). Concordo com esse artigo quando diz que "linux is fun", mas ás vezes também dá muitas dores de cabeça, mas estas são compensadas pelo sentimento que se apodera de nós quando as coisas finalmente estão a funcionar

finalmente, alguem ke compreende.

A verdade é ke Linux dá muito mais trabalho ke Windows, mas assim ke conseguimos por td a funcionar como keremos, sentimo-nos como se fossemos os maiores....

btw, aki usa-se Ubuntu 7.10 + WinXP Home