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There is a popular misconception that Linux systems do not get drivers for mordern day hardware. I don’t know about Red Hat and Centos as they are server operating systems and are marketed as enterprise editions. but popular desktop releases like ubuntu and its derivatives have drives always available ready for download for any sort of hardware component that you install on your computer.

When I was active in Indyahozting, I was too much worried about server loads. Because it was something that affected all clients, and I hated it when servers crossed a total usage of 75%, which would make all sites on the server slow. There were not much of a problem on the Linux servers, but Windows servers always used to give me a hard time.

Right now, Im in a quest to make all my automated blogs work in full effecienty. I was hosting them on a shared hosting account, but now I have taken a dedicated server from iweb where all those blogs are hosted. And I am amusing myself in finding that the server is running at full effecienty, and that all the pho sites are always busy updating the blogs with articles round the clock, and serving the search engine visitors. The network lines are always busy, and the server’s processor is always at about 90%, and the memory usage is at 1.8 gb out of the 2 GB that it has got.

I dont believe in loading the hard disk though, since that would naturally slow down the server with lots of data. So I have dedicated one disk for the databases alone, and one for the files and logs and stuff. All of them are wordpress sites, and wordpress sites only work with databases a lot, so the 2nd hard drive for sure is getting a lot of work for itself. And a backup of the 2nd drive is constantly being taken in the first drive.

I am worried only about the databases since the php is the same for all the 85 sites that the server hosts, and they all use the very same wordpress templates. So if that is lost nothing is lost. If the databases are lost something is lost, and never is everything lost, since all the site sites that are hosted on the server are automated and get updated by themselves.

What could possibly be the difference? Why wouldn’t people just satisfy themselves with the games that are available on their computers? Play pacman or soliraire or something? Well, games on Windows are after all, interesting. Or thats what Windows enthusiasts say to defend Windows when I talk about Linux. Well, there are a lot of mac games that one could play, and there are a good number of kids games available as well.

Well, one good way to play games for people who use all platforms is online. You have loads of websites such as midoritech.com that provides you games from solitaire to global warning, and there are loads of multi player games as well that are available. And after all, why waste diskspace when you can play games that are stored on a remote computer, where you cna show off your scores to the community that is playing in a website?

Linux used to be for geeks. Not any more. With Fedora and Ubuntu on the first quadrant, Linux has become an operating system that is for everyone.

Why is Linux better than Windows?

In my blog I always praise Linux for several reasons. Let me list out a few points.

1. It is Open Source. You can customize it as you like.
2. It developed by a team of people just like you and me. You can give bug reports to the development which will certainly be reviewed, you can design graphics, and you can be an alter-ego to the OS, while with Windows, you cannot be anything more than a consumer.

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3. Windows is full of bugs, that can be fixed only by the developers. In linux, you are the developer. You can either fix it yourself and put up the fix for distribution, or wait for someone else to do it, as you will find people rushing up to get it done.
4. Linux has no intentionally placed bugs as in Windows.
5. Possiblity of virus infection of your computer is almost 0 when compared with that of Windows. No virus scanner is required, and that leaves your PC with a lot more resources.
6. Linux is a lot more Stable than Windows. Has got great security and is very strong, and no one can really hack into your PC.

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