- Open source softwares are widely maintained by the people within the GNU community (You can browse into docs/mailing lists/forums). On the other hand, closed-source software are usually maintained by programmers within the company, and your only option is to WAIT for updates and fixes to arrive, when bugs and crashes are unveiled.
- Open source softwares derive their software from their closed-source counterparts. For that, it's a 50-50 situation -- sometimes open source can go head-to-head (or in small cases, out-perform) with the other (e.g. 7-Zip vs. WinRAR); and some top proprietary softwares are woth the bill, and does the job than the second-rate-trying-hards (e.g. Adobe Photoshop vs. GIMP).
- Lastly,
open source invites terrorism......... YEAH RIGHT
Mas safe ang linux based os sa virus to a certain extent because windows is more popular, hence more viruses are made for windows.
(nasa pag-iingat nalang rin yun at antiviral software mo, itigil ang kakadownload ng porno)
Mas maganda itry mo windows 7 or apple snow leopard
Yes, but that's just the tip of the iceberg... There are more reasons why Windows is completely vulnerable to viruses compared to Linux (read this):
Linux hardly has any viruses. And that's not like "Oh well, not very often, you know". That's like "If you've ever heard of a real Linux virus, please tell me". Of course, a Linux virus is not impossible to get. However, Linux makes it very hard for this to happen, for several reasons:
* Most people use Microsoft Windows, and pirates want to do as much damage (or control) as possible: therefore, they target Windows. But that's not the only reason; the Apache web server (a web server is a program located on a remote computer that sends web pages to your browser when you ask for them), which is open source software, has the biggest market share (against Microsoft's IIS server), but it still suffers from much fewer attacks/flaws than the Microsoft one.
* Linux uses smart authorization management. In Windows you (and any program you install) usually have the right to do pretty much anything to the system. If you feel like punishing your PC because it just let your precious work disappear, you can go inside the system folder and delete whatever you want: Windows won't complain. Of course, the next time you reboot, trouble begins. But imagine that if you can delete this system stuff, other programs can, too, or just mess it up. Linux doesn't allow that. Every time you request to do something that has to do with the system, an administrator password is required (and if you're not an administrator on this system, you simply can't do it). Viruses can't just go around and delete or modify what they want in the system; they don't have the authorization for that.
* More eyes make fewer security flaws. Linux is Open source software, which means that any programmer in the world can have a look at the code (the "recipe" of any program), and help out, or just tell other developers "Hey, what if blah blah, isn't this a security flaw?".
IMO, reason 2 really makes sense.
Dapat bootable image yung maobtain mong copy, then burn it to a CD.
Boot from the CD, follow the instructions. Parang nagiinstall ka lang din ng Windows from scratch.
FYI, there is this thing in the GNU world called "LIVE CD": by definition, it's a bootable installation CD, with an added option to run the OS "live" even before installing it to your hard drive, so that you can have a taste of it.
ive tried Mandriva(command line based pa to hehehe) Fedora and Ubuntu...
ang masasabi ko lang eh it takes time and patience to get used to it..pero pag nakuha mo na kung paano sya gamitin like kung pano mag execute ng programs, san makakahanap ng emulators and stuff, madami kang maiisip na possibilities sa paggamit nyan..
the new Ubuntu and Fedora looks awesome btw
wikipedia also has tons of stuff that can help you.
I would rather recommend Linux Mint instead -- it offers better simplicity for Linux beginners. Then later on you can progress by trying other distros like Fedora, then Sorcerer Linux if ever (for me, this is the most powerful distro.) If you can, you might as well explore the BSD world as well (you can try FreeBSD for that).
And by the way, there's a Linux distro developed by Filipinos --
Bayanihan 5. Check it out.
http://bayanihan.gov.ph
