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Why Switch To Linux

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In an interesting post on Lifehacker, the editors ask the readers "Why did you switch to Linux?" The question drew quite a lot of interesting responses, including some very offbeat reasons for why people made the switch. If you're under the impression that people switch solely for rebellious or "fight the man" reasons, here are some of the more interesting responses and trends that they point to.

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Alcibiades ·
I was confronted with a totally naive user who was intending doing lots of banking, finance and shopping over broadband, and for whom I was totally responsible IT-wise. The question was, whether I could keep the XP installation secure, and whether I could be certain I had done it.

I decided that if I worked at it half a day or one day a week, I could probably keep it secure. This was based on knowing the IT department at a large networking company quite well, and knowing what they were going through, and knowing at least in outline how to use the tools, and what it would take to stay up to date on Windows security issues. But the issue was, probably.

So I took them to Linux.

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