Advantages of Linux Linux is one of the most popular operating system used all over the world. There are some major advantages of the Linux operating system are:
Cost- Linux is available free of cost while Microsoft windows operating system are not freely available to the general public
Security- Linux operating system is much secure than windows operating system
Choice(freedom)- Using Linux we have the power to control any aspect of the Linux operating system using Linux we can control desktop looks and feel and the kernel which is very limited in windows OS.
Software-In Linux operating system we can get many software free of cost also we can get source codes for every software and by using their source codes we can customize/modify these software according to our taste, which is not present in Windows operating system applications.
Hardware- Linux is perfect for all computer and technology with normal processing power or memory
Updates- Linux is an open-source operating system and many communities and programmers all over the world keep rectifying errors or bugs that we can get Linux updates very frequently in comparison to windows operating system because we can get windows updates only from Microsoft.