Reason #1 Why I prefer linux

[Dustin Hennis]

Well, obviously your experience has surpassed mine. All the little companies I do consulting for (Cisco, Koch, Amazon, Kohls, Google, [sorry forgot] EMC, VMware, and IBM) are about 70-80% Linux based in their DCs. Yes, I am sure some keep Windows on the desktops and use AD/Exchange for their EUs. Every application that is being deployed on a major scale (IMHO) is based on Linux infrastructure and has been for a few years. Not only the web front ends running Apache, but also the middleware, job schedulers, and databases (BTW, Oracle DB is the most used application on Linux based platforms). Not to mention every hosting provider, data analysis (ie. Algorthmics), and relational modeling business (ie. Nvidia). Oh, and MS didn't totally miss the boat on Cloud infrastructure, after VMware (Linux/vCloud), Red Hat (Linux/Openstack) and Rackspace (Linux/Mixed). They at least finally put together Azure, which is not bad, but I have not run into but a couple large scale companies using it.

Thank you for setting me straight, I must have missed the last 20 years. You must be a blast to work with.

 

[MDD1963]

Windows Update is actually pretty bulletproof ....

I'll keep telling myself that......

 

[NETWizz]

I'll keep telling myself that......

Well, I have around 6,000 computers at work... They get updates at least weekly and a huge number right after patch Tuesday. It might be once a year we see trouble with one specific update that impacts a handful of computers.

I would, in my experience, consider that pretty well bulletproof. Honestly, I cannot believe I am defending Windows, but it has gone from a poor quality product to a fair product around XP/2003, to a Good product all around with Windows 7/2008R2, and it remains a good product with 10/Srvr 2016.

In my mind, is Windows excellent overall? No, but it is pretty darned reliable for all the End-User./Desktop stuff, and I would give it a ranking of Excellent in this area. For server stuff, I would give it only a Good rating. I would say Linux is also a Excellent Product for web applications but only a Fair product for the Desktop (simply based on lack of application support keeping it down). Looking at the Mac side, I would say it is a Poor server (lack of things it can be can figured to do well), and it is a Good Desktop (not able to accomplish quite as much as a Windows system). Specifically when it comes to web servers, Linux I would rate Excellent, Windows Good, and MacOS Poor.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I love 'em all!
But...we support SMBs...and SMBs run on Windows...thus that is where we make our money.
In the nearly 20 years we've been in business supporting SMBs...I can only think of 1x client that ever ran a linux based computer for their business. And it was just a server, running a ticketing system. Years ago. Replaced by a Blackbaud ticketing product that runs on Windows.

 

[TenYardFight]

Yeah, it's great there is a Linux forum for pontificating about these things, but thank God the rest of the forums are about making money providing I.T. services... and that is done supporting Windows.

I wish my competitors were naive enough to put Linux on desktops in small businesses, like some here have talked about doing...

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[coffee]

Yeah, it's great there is a Linux forum for pontificating about these things, but thank God the rest of the forums are about making money providing I.T. services... and that is done supporting Windows.

I wish my competitors were naive enough to put Linux on desktops in small businesses, like some here have talked about doing...

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To pontificate is to talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner. To pontificate properly, you need to be a know-it-all with very strong opinions and the urge to share ...

You know, I would agree with you but then we would both be wrong

 

[TenYardFight]

Hmm. I guess I've been using pontificate wrong.

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[coffee]

I have a mix of windows and linux clients. I make just as much money off either one. In linux I get paid also for printer recommendations and sales, Network issues, New hardware and data recovery to name a few. I do not have service calls for viruses in linux land. If that is your bread and butter then I can understand that.

In the I.T. field (servers) linux has a very strong hold. Because of the complexity of the hardware and networks / storage and the upkeep earning a living there averages out the same also IMO.

People do not like change. But when push comes to shove - Windows 10 / viruses / activation headaches / upgrading ect.. - There is a market for the linux desktop and it is growing whether others like it or not.

I have often said that if you offer linux support for clients you have a captive audience. They will be returning to you for support because computers still come with a preload preference of windows and most shops tend to focus on windows only.

I will say that its pretty bad today when not only you have to have virus and adware protection but now you have to have protection against upgrades in windows. lol... Sometimes we need to take pause and re evaluate things a bit.