Linux
... One of the most popular alternatives is Linux. Linux is superior operating system although it isn’t as user-friendly as Windows. Linux was created by a Linus Torvalds, a Computer Science college student at the University of Helsinki. Compared to Windows, Linux is very young. ... The Linux community fixes bugs as they are found, and the patch is usually available less than a day. This makes Linux more robust and efficient. A buggy piece of software on Linux can not render the computer unstable and crash. The newest versions of Windows, Windows 2000 and XP, are an improvement over their precedents, Windows 9x and ME, but nothing compared to Linux. ... Linux can be distributed freely. ... Linux comes with thousands of free bundled software. ... A vast majority of Linux software can be downloaded for free online without even going to the store.