- You can see every line of code it uses, so you can be sure there is no backdoor or keylogger. (The NSA tried 3 times to get a backdoor into linux, but failed)
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It is very fast and lightweight.
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It cost exactly 0$
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EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF LINUX can be modified to however you want, and is only limited by hardware.
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It can look real sexy (take a look at r/unixporn).
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You don't have a giant, monoply, money-seeking company forcing you to do what it tells you to do, making you the product (im looking at you Microsoft and Apple...)
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Many, many options to choose from, to customize it.
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You get to brag about how smart you are when a Windoze user sees you "hAcKIng" (I use arch btw).
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The command line is really good and lets you do very big things in one line.
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Package managers make installing software a breeze.
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It's almost impossible to get a virus on it, and there are still antiviruses for it.
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TONS of support for Linux, ask a question, and in a few minutes people will be responding.
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Countless other reasons.