Have you actually BOUGHT Linux?

Well Asylum first of all let me say it is so good to see you back I was wondering yesterday what had happened to you but I am glad to see you back and that you are well I do not know what Linux is so I guess I do not have it on my Computer

I have used a few Linux distributions but I have never paid for one. I have a beta version of Mepis-Lite installed on my laptop but it is actually quite clunky and slow, so I would not be tempted to get the paid version. If I liked it more then I would be willing to pay for it, after all however much you might pay for a Linux distro it will still be much cheaper than Windows. I also think Linux developers are entitled to earn money from all the skill and hard work they put in. One of these days I really need to make a donation to Puppy Linux, as they are my favourite distro and the one I use on my laptop most often. (My laptop is pretty old, and Puppy is about the only thing that will run fast on it, seeing as how I now refuse to use Windows 98.)

I have not bought Linux as I am not familiar with it at all and probably would be lost if I did get it. I would prefer the free version of it to see if I like it or not. My next computer will probably be a Apple Macbook or one of their desktop computers. I would like to get away from Windows.

I'm planning to but I'm might need to learn more about it before using it since I'm not that familiar in LInux OS. I only use Macintosh and windows OS. Is it true that Linux doesn't have spywares and viruses??

I use Windows and do not know to use Linux. I am told it is difficult to use Linux. But I favour free softwares. Thank you asylum.

yes i know that some os or features are not free even in relation to the linux world anyway i never bought a linux os as xandros also because never convicted me too much so in general i always like to use linux but the free projects also because they enables interesting features and they are free!!So never felt to buy the paid projects based on linux normally the free ones are good enough to cover all needs!!

I paid for 2 Linux distributions long time ago (in 1999 and 2001). The first one was Red Hat, the second was an Open Linux distributions. At that time, high speed internet which made downloading a distribution out of reach. Now, I am using the free Mandriva 2008 distribution. I am happy with all the free distributions from Mandriva, so I don't think that I will buy any of them. On the other hand, I support open source projects once in a while by buying some of their stuff (like T-shirts) or making donations.

Well, the very fact that Linux offers free distros made people sit up and take notice, and try out. Given the considerable free options, i have never even thought of buying a non-free version. I use Fedora 5, which is free. I had used Red Hat on a couple of occasions, but that was in college.

All of the free distros are better than the paid distros, especially in xandros's case. All the paid versions of Mandriva contain are quicker updates on software (which if you use the free distros you will get just as fast if not faster). The only distro you should pay for (paying means buying a physically copy of the distro, not donating money to the programmers) is redhat as that is probably the best distro available for servers and with that money spent you are getting guarunteed professional support for your server along with immediate updates to any bugs/vulnerabilities found.

Of course,I prefer the free versions. First, if I want to spend money on an OS, I prefer Windows, because it's easy to use. Secondly, I guess there are a lot of free softwares that we can use to do things that the nonfree softwares can do.

I have actually purchased SUSE 10 solo and SUSE 10.1 with a book. I was experimenting those two and with my previous computer with wireless. Now I use Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, it works perfectly with my wireless card. I know how to configure the internal wireless card.

I have never paid for Linux in my life becaues it is free. I would buy a computer that had linux on it and they would probaly be charging for installing it

I bought a magazine for 15 dollars that included a nice copy of red hat linux. I actually bought the magazine just for that set of disks. I didnt want to waste time trying to download it on dialup.

oh! i got mandriva for free on net and i downloaded i never bought mandriva man. i prefer to stick for free version of linuxes only the actual use of linux came to spred free software to all slogon naaa?

Linux has really many merits over windows because it has flexibility that means the code can be changed according to the needs of the person i.e to say it has open source code. Do you now that every desktop comes with linux installation from first and then according to the needs of customer the os is being loaded. Actually linux is totally free but as the days progresed it is being improved and initially charged. But there are many free versions of linux available. They can be downloaded freely from internet. The famous pc magazine digit has recently published in its magazine a topic about linux. But according to me linux best among OS that are free.

I obtained a free version of Linux. I wanted to try it out, fell in love with it, and stuck with it. It's Ubuntu then Ubuntu Studio. * I do maintain a Windows XP Linux dual drive because some of my hardware is not Linux friendly. I also have some old trusty Windows programs I don't want to ditch from days gone by.

much i like is the free coz its free...

I actually bought a Fedora DVD from a dealer that sold other pirated DVD's, but it's actually just paying for the media because Fedora itself is free, it just beats downloading the entire distro...

I bought a Fedora Core 6 DVD installer recently, and I have it running on my machine right now.