6 Reasons to try Linux today

Although Windows is the most widely used operating system in the world, Linux and its large number of different distributions is still a highly recommended option, perhaps today more than ever. Here are 6 reasons to try Linux on your computer.

1 - Windows 10 is very intrusive

Windows 10 marked a change in how Microsoft faces its adoption policy to the new operating system, suddenly we saw how they added popups with advertisements for Windows 10 in Windows 7 and Windows 8 and buttons that tricked the user to update. We also discovered that they only gave 10 to be able to test Windows 10 before eliminating the option to return to our previous operating system.

Perhaps most seriously, Microsoft collects a lot of user data and stores it on its servers. Although these options can be disabled from the operating system configuration, most users do not even realize this issue, but rather read it on specialized sites.

Linux is free from such practices.

2 - Linux is more polished than ever

Any of the distributions you find today have kept the classic interface that you can find in Windows XP or Windows 7, but improved and polished that design. Far from the disasters that Windows 8 meant in this regard.

In addition, the operating system is increasingly friendly with any type of hardware, so it is not common to find incompatibilities or peripherals that do not work in Linux.

3 - Open source software

Completely free open source applications for the user is a common denominator in Linux. Applications like VLC, GIMP, Libre Office and others are applications that cover all the user's needs for any task, in addition to being able to use the most popular browsers such as Firefox or Google Chrome.

Software is not a problem in Linux.

4 - It is free

You don't need to pay a license like Windows to use it, any distribution you choose is free, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, etc.

5 - Works well on older computers

It is a law that any Linux distro is lighter than Windows 10 but if you have a computer that is already years old, you can still continue using the system with distros like 'Puppy Linux' or 'Lubuntu', which are very light variants and work perfectly on very old computers, which are surely very good for browsing or playing music.

6 - It is easy to install

This operating system has greatly improved in this regard, the installations are becoming easier. Currently it is possible to have dual boot between Linux and Windows as long as they are on different partitions. It is also possible to use a 'live' variant to boot the Linux system directly from a USB key without having to install anything on the computer, this would be the fastest way to test Linux. You can see in this special article where we show you the best Linux distros to try with a 'Live USB'.