--- title: Best Open Source Way posts — February 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Open Source Way posts from February 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/oss/best-of/2021/02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/oss/best-of/2021/02 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Open Source Way posts — February 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Open Source Way posts from February 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Open Source Way — February 2021 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-love-coding-on-linux-qsmx4spse "5 reasons why I love coding on Linux") Article Open Source Way · 6y 5 reasons why I love coding on Linux In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different ways to use Linux. Here I'll explain why so many programmers choose Linux. The more I did on Linux, the more I wanted to control every aspect of it. 32 1 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6 "5 benefits of choosing Linux") Article Open Source Way · 6y 5 benefits of choosing Linux 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. 17 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/run-your-favorite-windows-applications-on-linux-dnl7wcq2e "Run your favorite Windows applications on Linux") Article Open Source Way · 6y Run your favorite Windows applications on Linux WINE stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator," which references the code driving this technology. Open source developers have worked since 1993 to translate any incoming Windows API calls an application makes to POSIX calls. The WINE environment is largely self-contained, hidden away on your hard drive. 15 2 [See all Open Source Way archives](/sources/oss/best-of) ```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","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss/best-of/2021/02#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss/best-of/2021/02","name":"Best Open Source Way Posts — February 2021","description":"The most upvoted Open Source Way posts from February 2021, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss/best-of/2021/02#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-love-coding-on-linux-qsmx4spse","name":"5 reasons why I love coding on Linux"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-benefits-of-choosing-linux-erhfiwkq6","name":"5 benefits of choosing Linux"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/run-your-favorite-windows-applications-on-linux-dnl7wcq2e","name":"Run your favorite Windows applications on Linux"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Open Source Way","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"February 2021"}]}]} ```