Linux...the only free nation left in the cyber world. . It is so free, in fact, that you can do the equivalent of a "homestead" by creating a custom distribution yourself and making it available to the Linux Community worldwide.
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-build-your-own-linux-distro
You can do it very easily with Instalinux here: http://www.instalinux.com/
Linux can do anything any of the other commercial operating systems do, with the only obstacles being the barriers created when a product becomes "commercial" (licensed and closed source). The only reason to close the source would be to make money and nothing else.
The safest, more secure way to run Windows is within a virtual environment in Linux. . No Linux distribution supports TPM technology, they do not have provisions for the NSA or any other government entity, and the code is 100% transparent. If it isn't, then it cannot be be licensed with GNU or GPL.
What can you do in Linux?
Pretty much everything. There is an Open Source solution for just about every commercial product out there, and most of them are compatible with commercial products.
So, if you want to continue to use Windows or OSX, the best way to do it is to put them in cages...er...virtual machines . Then, you can install whatever you want in those machines and they will never touch your native Linux system.
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-build-your-own-linux-distro
You can do it very easily with Instalinux here: http://www.instalinux.com/
Linux can do anything any of the other commercial operating systems do, with the only obstacles being the barriers created when a product becomes "commercial" (licensed and closed source). The only reason to close the source would be to make money and nothing else.
The safest, more secure way to run Windows is within a virtual environment in Linux. . No Linux distribution supports TPM technology, they do not have provisions for the NSA or any other government entity, and the code is 100% transparent. If it isn't, then it cannot be be licensed with GNU or GPL.
What can you do in Linux?
Pretty much everything. There is an Open Source solution for just about every commercial product out there, and most of them are compatible with commercial products.
- Open Office (replaces MS Office, is compatible with formats): https://www.openoffice.org/why/index.html
- Kontact: (replaces MS Outlook). This has native Caldav and Cardav support, unlike Outlook
- Open source alternatives to Snipping Tool, Photoshop, Paint, and all of the other commercial image editing products are available: http://alternativeto.net/software/snipping-tool/
- Complete music production and video production software which is open source and free: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2011/...oftware-top-picks-from-red-hat-dave-phillips/, http://www.kdenlive.org/
So, if you want to continue to use Windows or OSX, the best way to do it is to put them in cages...er...virtual machines . Then, you can install whatever you want in those machines and they will never touch your native Linux system.