Why are Programmers identical to Linux? The short answer, because they use Linux. Why do they use Linux? Why do they prefer to use Linux? The answer depends on the individual. However, I will provide answers sourced from several blogs and other sources. 1. Free and Open Source The first reason, of course, is free and open source. Free meaning here is not only free, but free or free. Free to modify, disseminate, study, etc. Then, Open Source means that the source code is open. Thus, anyone is free to read, study, and modify the source code. 2. Safe from viruses Before I used Linux, my laptop had been infected with a virus. The virus silently damages a data. And the data becomes an error, because there is a strange code inserted by the virus. But after using Linux, that kind of thing never happened again. 3. Frequent errors Actually this is an incorrect reason, because I'm sure everyone doesn't like errors. But, in my opinion, there is always wisdom behind...