--- title: 5 benefits of choosing Linux | daily.dev description: In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. This article discusses... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 benefits of choosing Linux | daily.dev og:description: In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. This article discusses... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/erHfIwKQ6.png og:image:alt: 5 benefits of choosing Linux og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 benefits of choosing Linux **[Open Source Way](https://daily.dev/sources/oss)** · 17 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. This article discusses the benefit of choice Linux brings.Choice is one of the most misunderstood features of Linux. It starts with how many Linuxes there are to choose from. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"5 benefits of choosing Linux","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6"},"datePublished":"2021-02-22T08:17:14.884Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. This article discusses...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f782a8cc636077e41a8f1623cdba60cb","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f782a8cc636077e41a8f1623cdba60cb","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Open Source Way","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Open Source Way","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5b0ebeb91c344b78a2a92b8bc5956b97","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":17},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Open Source Way","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"5 benefits of choosing Linux"}]} ```