I know it’s popular with professionals and scientists, and of course there’s MacOS, but I don’t know why. What makes it better or more preferable than something like Windows?
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UNIX… or Linux? They’re similar in more ways than one, but I think you’re referring to Linux. And the short answer is it’s incredibly versatile, highly-configurable, and it’s (mostly) open-source. This means it can be customized for *a lot* of purposes, such as for web servers, for phones (Android is a type of Linux), super computers, desktop computers, video game systems, and as the underlying operating system for a lot of devices you probably don’t even think of as having operating systems (such as some synthesizers, washing machines, TVs, cars, cameras, medical equipment, scientific instruments, etc.) And the nice thing is *you* can customize your devices as much or as little as you’d like with various types of Linux.
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