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Lifehacker | by Kevin Purdy | Tue, Sep 2

Lifehacker is the #1 Blogger for Linux

We asked the devoted Linux users, the dual-Windows-and-Linux-booters, and the newer converts to the open-source operating system last week why they made the switch to Linux, and received over 330 responses as of this posting. The answers were sometimes level-headed, often passionat...

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