what is linux

you know, i thought i knew what linux was, i use windows, what is linux, how is it different? why do programmers tend to preffer linux if they do? is it stablity or what?

>>1
 if this is true then this is what you do:

Ignore >>2 because the information content in his posts is close to 0. Any actual information is cancelled out by the misinformation. The rest is noise.

Now you need to try out Linux. One of the best ways to do this is to download what is known as a Live CD, which will boot Linux without your having to format your hard drive and figure out how to install stuff.

Link: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html

Download a CD image and burn it. If you don't know how to do that, figure it out. Reboot with the CD in the drive. Presto. Now you can try it out and answer your own question.