> On 11/15/2004 12:08:08 PM, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: >> All of us trying hard to convert friends etc to Linux - what are the >> arguments used? >> >> Mainly curious, but - why should people drop Windows (which they >> know, >> most of their programs often only runns there etc) and swich to >> Linux? > > The biggest benefits imho are - > > 1) Not very many (if any) viruses for Linux - 'course there are worms, > but that's an issue on Windows as well. > > 2) So far, that I know of, no spyware > > Both of those aren't guaranteed for the future - especially with > distributions like Lindows that (at least use to) default to root user > eliminating filesystem security. > > 3) This is the big one for me - unified facility for updating not just > the vendor installed software packages, but potentially all software, > through a single interface. All of those are nice - but are they "killer apps" for Linux? No - it is merely supporting functions which make the OS nicer. What i mean is more like: What can you do on Linux, you cant use Windows or OSX for? Anything cool that most people would want?
