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Why do you use Firefox

Submitted by rapture on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 12:39pm.

Why do you use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer? A lot of the reasons why you use FF instead of IE are reasons why you could like Linux over Windows.

The free software is a huge reason. For instance, instead of paying $300 for Microsoft Office, you could install Open Office. There are loads of other free software you can download and use (like the Gimp which is a Photoshop ($600) clone).

If you don't have a technical reason to use a certain piece of software, then you can probably switch to Linux with little to no problems.

Another reason to switch is because you are disgusted with Microsoft. I know I am. Their products don't even play well with each other (Zune, Windows Media Center, XBOX 360, Windows Vista, etc.). Windows Vista is a terrible operating system with a ton of problems. A lot of people run Linux just to spite Microsoft.

If I didn't play Games for Windows on my PC, I'd using Linux 100% of the time at home.

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