You can avoid listening to monologues about the merits of Vista.

NUMBER 9

You can save yourself serious money, not only at the register but in years to come, avoiding paying for countless upgrades.

NUMBER 8

You will end the constant late night computer assistance calls from your “buddy.”

NUMBER 7

You will love the look on your family’s face at the next birthday party, when Granny figures out how easy it can be to use Linux.

NUMBER 6

You can indulge in the truth that Linux is a vital skill in nearly every country in the world.

NUMBER 5

You will save yourself the hell of ever installing Microsoft software.

NUMBER 4

You can sleep more peacefully than most, since Linux on your laptop resolves many computer security concerns. Never again do you need to consider things like the Microsoft Vista Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, the threat of the GPCoder.h trojan, and the JS/Downloader-AUD malware.

NUMBER 3

You can stop that annoying friend who is always asking to borrow your laptop to do this-and-that.

NUMBER 2

You will see the raw power of Linux running on a laptop. Recently, a friend of mine connected his laptop that contained a mirror image of his company’s intranet site.

AND

The NUMBER 1 reason to put Linux on a laptop

Since Linux is now used in every country of the world, and you can start making new friends in places like Andorra, Eritrea, and Kyrgyzstan.

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1: Netbook hardware is the perfect match for Linux

2: Netbooks require a secure OS

3: It’s all about the interface

4: Your netbook can be more than just a slow laptop

5: Linux will keep your cost down

6: Linux offers more flavors to choose from

7: You’ll gain speed

8: Improvements will come faster and more often

9: The next version will work

10: Support is better (believe it or not)

via techrepublic