1) Privacy (http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=101456.0)
2) Security (I don't think I have to argue about that, in here)
3) Configurability (/Ability to change a lot of things, according to taste,
/Freedom of choice between different variants, /Freedom of use, /FREEDOM) -
4) Speed (and the possibility everyone has to choose his own optimal
trade-off (or "point of equilibrium") between the functionalities of a DE and
its "lightness")
5) Ideological reasons (since, (a) the fact that the software can be freely
redistributed, and (b) the fact that it is available to people who don't -
momentarily or not - have the money to buy a decent OS, all fit much better
with my (very) strong libertarian and socialist ideals.)
Try beating the above 5 reasons with any other OS!
;)
