Linux क्या है?

If that would be the precise Question of most of the Common Folk, here is my answer

Linux...

an unpopular OS which is getting popular, but a high-end programming suite

Linux is famous for very primitive reasons such as-

1. Virus free
2. Trojan free
3. AdWare free
4. SpyWare free

These are among the few reasons which makes Linux popular

Keeping this aside, when we talk about security measure

Linux has been highly recommended for...

When we talk about efficiency of computing,

Linux barely requires any resources unlike vista, which requires a bear minimum of 512mb ram.

Even the latest Fedora Linux (www.fedoraproject.org) works on a Pentium 2 200 Mhz.

Linux has various distrubutors and developers too, like Red Hat which is the sponsor of Fedora, the community Linux.

Linux is available to us either free or very less rates (except for Enterprise Linuxes)

As a matter of fact Ubuntu (a Linux OS) is available 100% free to all customers (with shipping of CDROM to your home free of cost!)

On Linux there is a wide range of open-sources softwares which can be installed at the click of button using an application called synaptic the GUI fronted for apt in Debian based Linuxes OR pirut the GUI fronted for yum in Fedora, other RPM based Linuxes.

There are various other reasons for linux to be recommended...

As for me these are the highlights you need to know.

As for the rest here are your links... use it

http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/

Which Linux for you?

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm