ive always used windows never even really noticed the worms viruses trojans and major security problems(untill a year ago). im 19 now been using windows since i was young(12? cant remember) never even knew what linux was. but i started getting intrested in computer security which is really what brang me to linux. there are so many differnt reasons why i like linux one of the main reasons is because its powerfull everything down to the shell. i have other reason such as its free and open source which really is one of the best things about linux. because linux is free it allows people to do as they please with it even create there own varients which helps to create a much more powerfull os. this is really why i will try and put as much back into linux as i have gotten out of it.

remember to register as a linux user http://counter.li.org/

i forgot to add one of the things i dont like about windows (only since i started using linux) is that it dominates the market for computer hardware. ie most laptops hardware is designed to only be used on windows. same with wireless cards and some modems. i dont know how they manage to do this but im guessing they pay of alot of vendors to only make things for windows.