Anduril

I like Linux because: It's free, as in freedom to do what I want, as well as cost. But yeah, no mucking about with licenses, or worrying about if you've reached your max number of transfers. Or heck, want to run a server? You can convert any desktop into a server with the right software. On Windows they make it impossible to run Windows Server without an expensive server licenced copy of Windows. It's open source. So you know what's going on under the hood (of you read the source code anyway). And more eyes mean bugs are more likely to get caught and patched. It runs everything. The internet, to your smartphone, Linux has pretty much won. Look no further than how Microsoft is open sourcing some of their own software, or how they are making a push to play nice with Linux even with their subsystem for Linux. With Azure they are recognizing that Linux runs much of the internet, and they are supporting it. It's gotten more user friendly. Like Linux in 2019 isn't the obtuse operating system of yesteryear. It's easy to install, it's easy to maintain, and for many distros you don't even have to touch the command line! Linux is polished, and it works wonderfully. It makes a great recovery tool. Something got your system (even Windows) messed up? Linux Live media can be used to find files, and browse your directories. Also partitioning and other advanced tools are available too. It runs great on old hardware. I bought an old ThinkPad with Windows XP for $50, put Linux on it, and it runs fantastically. No need to hunt for drivers, they are installed automatically. There's an app for that. Seriously, Linux has about everything you could possibly want. Yeah, it took me a while to get used to the idea that my favorite Windows software isn't on Linux, but there's often a free open source equivalent if you look for it. That means changing from what you're used to if you're new to Linux, but you can find a great deal of software that will do what you need, and it's 100% free to boot! Linux support forums are fantastic. Searching for a fix is way more helpful than any Windows forum I've been on. The official Microsoft reply rarely, if ever, fixes my problem. It's usually some comment squirreled away somewhere that actually ends up being a valid solution. But yeah, it's not the official way to fix the problem so the MS guys aren't going to recommend it. On Linux forums though I can almost always find what I'm looking for and the community is helpful and responsive. It's amazing what gets done with simple peer to peer support from like minded people. Updates are great! Run one command to update everything, and I mean everything. From the operating system, to installed programs, and unless you're updating the kernel you typically don't even need to reboot. You can run updates in the background while you work, with no real hit to performance (for most basic productivity work anyway). And if you're in a rolling release you never have to worry about EoL ever again, you just get steady updates forever until your hardware just gets way to old to even run Linux.