The Top Advantages Of Linux
- Low cost: You don’t need to spend time and money to obtain licenses since Linux and much of it’s software come with the GNU General Public License. You can start to work immediately without worrying that your software may stop working anytime because the free trial version expires.
- Stability: Linux doesn’t need to be rebooted periodically to maintain performance levels. It doesn’t freeze up or slow down over time due to memory leaks and such. Continuous up-times of hundreds of days (up to a year or more) are not uncommon.
- Performance: Linux provides persistent high performance on workstations and on networks. It can handle unusually large numbers of users simultaneously.
- Network friendliness: Linux was developed by a group of programmers over the Internet and has therefore strong support for network functionality; client and server systems can be easily set up on any computer running Linux.
It can perform tasks such as network backups faster and more reliably than alternative systems.
- Flexibility: Linux can be used for high performance server applications, desktop applications, and embedded systems. You can save disk space by only installing the components needed for a particular use. You can restrict the use of specific computers by installing for example only selected office applications instead of the whole suite.
- Compatibility: It runs all common Unix software packages and can process all common file formats.
- Choice: The large number of Linux distributions gives you a choice. Each distribution is developed and supported by a different organization. You can pick the one you like best; the core functionalities are the same; most software runs on most distributions.
- Fast and easy installation: Most Linux distributions come with user-friendly installation and setup programs. Full use of hard disk: Linux continues work well even when the hard disk is almost full.
