What the hec is Linux and what is it good for?

What the hec is Linux and what is it good for?

GNU/Linux is an operating system that is developed by a community of programmers who collaborate online. There are a bunch of operating system "distributions" based on Linux, which is the basic part of the OS that you need to run your computer. It's great because most distributions are available for free download online and are much more stable and secure than Windows. Most of the things you can do in Windows are easier in Linux with the exception of some games (you can, for example, play World of Warcraft in Linux, but you need a specialized program called Cedega for it.) Linux also looks much better than Windows, and is a lot more customizeable. I'm not sure what you mean by "Can someone give me a link of a computer using linux instead of Windows" but if you are interested, you can download what is called a LiveCD (or DVD) at http://www.sabayon.org which you can burn to a CD or DVD, which contains the complete operating system so when you reboot your computer, you can tell it to boot from the CD/DVD drive and try that particular distribution without affecting your hard drive. I hope this helps, as I am a GNU/Linux user, and I enjoy using this OS.