If you are wondering if it worths to use Linux, there are myriads of reasons for you to do so. Some of the most common reasons I can find on the internet are: Linux is more secure than Windows and MacOS, Linux is free, Linux makes your desktop look beautiful.. blah blah. But these reasons are so obsolete, futile and boring ( in my opinion at least) , thus I will show you here some original, creative and ridiculous reasons to make you really want to become a Linux user.
1 – You are tired of the Mac vs Windows debate
The Mac vs PC was an advertising campaign waged by Apple to degrade Windows and although the campaign was no longer on air long time ago, the Mac and Windows aficionados still keep fighting this verbal war on forums, facebook, youtube … To be honest I have to give Apple an eulogy for their clever advertising strategies. In fact, I think Steve Jobs is more of a marketing genius than of a programming one. But after all, I am really tired of this Mac vs Windows debate and I think you are too. So this is one of the reasons for you to become a Linux user.
When you become a Linux user, you dont need to care about the stupid Mac vs Windows thing. And I can strongly assure you that no Mac or Windows fanboy can deride you for using Linux. Of course, these fanboys still can make fun of some specific distros like Ubuntu or LinuxMint ( I hate these two too 😀 ), but the whole Linux realm is totally immune to the fanboy’s criticism.
2 – You want to belong to a smart master race
Nobody wants to be just like everybody else, we all secretly want to belong to a master race, we all want to have a feeling of superiority and elitism. But it is quite hard and requires a lot of gut and work to emulate some crazy guys like Leopold and Loeb, or to do something like Eric Harris did. But using Linux can somewhat give you a sense of being an ubermensch and make you stand out of the boring, isipid commond herd.
Long time ago, Linux was considered as a totally geeky OS, learning Linux was analogous to learning Esperanto or Latin at this time ( but this trend has been gradually fading away because of the popularity of Ubuntu nowadays). Still it is so damn cool to show your clueless friends how much you can do with your Linux computer, how crazy it is to use compiz effects on the desktop … etc. More than that, when the typical Mac users factually tend to be more feministic and metrosexual, the typical Linux users tend to be smarter. If there is a survey about the average IQ of the users of the three OSes, I do believe that Linux users will have the higher score for sure. Cracked.com has an article about the 5 saddest things people do to look smart and after reading this article , I have never bragged about my 155 IQ score anymore, I have never told everybody that I am an INTJ anymore … but now I tell them that I use Linux :))
( rumors said that Hitler invented Linux)
3 – You wan to learn coding and become a hacker
Anonymous just announced their newest o peration, the FacebookOp and they totally have my support. I hope someday I can be skillful enough to join these guys. The first reason why I wanted to use Linux was because I needed an icentive to learn coding. So if you choose to use some not-user-friendly distros like SlackwareOS or Archlinux, you have to use the terminal and do a lot of code-editing. To use Linux, you will have to learn many programming languages like Python, Lua, gtk …. and who knows if someday you or I can become a famous hacker :D. Moreover, my mother tongue is not English but after reading tons of sites and wikis my English skill has been improved drammatically so if you are not an English native speaker, using Linux will be also very helpful for your linguistic skill too.
4 – You want to keep your virginity forever
It is absolutely true that Isaac Newton had never been laid because he was too busy studying physics and theology. Of course you do not need to immerge yourself into the Bible like Newton did , you simply can use Linux instead. There are so many problems and interesting things in Linux that will take away your time so you will never have any chance to date a girl.
Seriously I dont know why I include this reason. Perhaps it is like a fable of Aesops about a fox who lost it tail then told every other fox to cut off their tails to look like him. You can read the story here. Sometimes I felt so sad when reading the page about Linux on Encyclopedia Dramatica, the first quote is “ I haven’t been laid in a year. :( I think it’s my distro. What version are you guys running? “