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Linux is safe, fast, reliable, private, powerful, easy to use and generally free. Also practical, configurable, legal. The personal operating system for personal computers.

Plans and notes

Behind-the-scenes notes, plans or ideas for Linux advocacy

• Venues of Linux advocacy
• Areas of Linux advocacy
• Known problems with Linux advocacy
• Other sources of Linux advocacy to draw upon
• Why we advocate Linux
• Organised Linux advocacy approach
• Plans, our plans for Linux advocacy and with this site
• Notes and ideas, #linuxadvocacy ideas list page
• Hash programs links for Windows hash programs, possibly for adding to a Verify download article
• Fallacies, links to pages to do with teach logic and reason for arguing
• Needs work, things that need work for advocacy of Linux
• Simplify Linux, some work to simplify Linux for running and advocacy purposes
• Mac criticisms, faults of Apple PCs

Linux advocacy

Advocacy of Linux.

• Downsides of Windows
• Downsides of Mac
• Benefits of Linux
• Upsides of Linux, a rambling list of upsides
• Things that are easier on Linux
• Things you can do on Linux, this list is too long to be put on this Web site; also watch this very good video on the capabilities of bash from LinuxFest Northwest 2017
• Screenshots of Linux
• System requirements of Linux
• A three line guide on how to use Linux
• Linux taglines
• Quotes about Linux gathered from normal people
• Links to other Linux advocacy Web sites
• One line distribution summaries, introductions of distributions to new Linux users
• Is Linux About Choice, some people say Linux isn't about choice, but it definitely is!
• Windows mockery, making fun of Microsoft's flagship product
• Slogans, work on coming up with Linux slogans

Stories and articles of changing to Linux

• Stories: Stories hosted on our Web site of people changing to Linux
• Articles: Articles of people or companies changing to Linux

Linux information

Information about Linux.

• FAQ
• The priorities of Linux by its makers
• Who are the supporters of Linux
• Communication applications that run on Linux
• Web browsers that run on Linux
• File sharing programs that run on Linux
• Arcade games that run on Linux
• Role-playing games that run on Linux
• Audio playing programs that run on Linux
• Audio programs that run on Linux
• Music software that runs on Linux

Try Linux

Try Linux either in a virtual machine or a live boot session or install it.

• Download Linux
• Virtual machine
• Live session
• Install Linux
• Recommended distributions - if you have some time (about 50min) then watch this very good video from LinuxFest Northwest 2017

Linux help

Getting help for Linux.

About us

We were a group of people found in #linuxadvocacy on Spotchat IRC, originally from the #linuxmint-chat channel, click here to join if you have an IRC client.

Credits

Legal credits for this website.