Have you ever lost your precious work because Windows crashed? Do you always shut down your computer the proper way, or do you sometimes just switch it off because Windows has gone crazy and doesn't let you do anything anymore? Have you ever gotten the "blue screen of death" or error messages telling you that the computer needs to be shut down for obscure reasons?
The latest
versions of Windows, especially the "Professional" ones are becoming
more stable than before. Nevertheless this kind of problem still
happens fairly often. Of course, no operating system is perfect, and
people who tell you that theirs can never ever crash are lying.
However, some operating systems can be so stable that most users never
see their systems crash, even after several years. This is true for
Linux. Here's a good way to see this. When a system crashes, it needs
to be shut down or restarted. Therefore, if your computer can stay up
and running for a long time, no matter how much you use it, then you
can say the system is stable. Well, Linux can run for years
without needing to be restarted (most internet servers run Linux, and
they usually never restart). Of course, with heavy updates, it still
needs to be restarted (the proper way). But if you install Linux, and
then use your system as much as you want, leaving your computer on all
the time, you can go on like that for years without having any
trouble.Most of the time, you won't leave your computer on for such a
long time, but this shows how stable Linux is.Linux can be suitable for any kind of hardware, even the older ones. It is designed to scale up for massive concurrent usage and is till conveniently maintainable. Memory leaks and the likes seldom affects Linux's performance and stability.
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