[quote="Garry Coleman":cde58]what's the advantages of using linux instead of windows? I don't know anything about linux at all.[/quote:cde58]

Linux is better for doing actual work,
we use Linux machines at work for Quantum calculations (really fucking hard chemistry/physics that I don't completely understand).
They are more stable and prone to less hackers and viruses, but the downside is practically no games; but one shouldn't be playing games at work anyway