To add to doc_bean's list:
6. Webservers. If you want a webserver that the lamest script kddy can walk into blindfolded Windows is the way to go. I mean all that stupid security, who needs it? Popular webservers such as Apache run on Linux after all.
7. Internet/WAN gateways. Pretty vital if you ask me. If you're running one of those home router/modem boxes then you're likely to be running a small NAT router that is running on Linux based firmware. The rest of your network, even if it's just your own single pc or laptop is actually invisible to the net, so you don't need to worry so much about your windows security because what basically amounts to a Linux box is protecting you. With your favourite Linux distro on an old laptop, connected to a network switch if you're connecting more than one PC, you can achieve much the same end. The router box is just alot easier, conventient and probably cheaper anyway.
8. Sick of product activation, entering keys, constantly having to verify that you're not a criminal in order to use M$ software? Linux distributions have none of this. You can download your ISO's burn them to disc and install on as many machines as you like never being asked to verify or "phone home".
9. Bugs get fixed quicker. Many new Linux users give up after complaining about bugginess. Wrong distro! Try a stable release next time. GNU/Linux and distributions are constantly being developed, so the latest version of a particular distro will take time to become totally stable. Another good one is the "hackers can look at the open source code and that makes open source software easier to hack" rot. Unlike M$'s closed source OS, Open Source software can be debugged and fixed by experienced users. The developers, who are constantly working on bug fixes anyway, can then verify and impliment these fixes in a few days. This beats waiting eons for service packs and other updates, which M$ usually refuses to admit to the existance of for a few months anyway. This enables Linux to be constantly tested for security holes in a very thorough fashion. Windows relies partly on keeping the source code top secret to secure the OS. The problem with this is that when a hole does occur it's usually a big one, as we've seen in the past. (i.e. the infamous DCOM RPC vulnerability (blunder))
10. Virtually virus free. All of that malware that is written for windows doesn't affect you. All of those IE browser hijacks, win32 viruses, trojans that try to install themselves in the fabulous registry and run as a service, don't affect Linux in the slightest. So not having to download hundreds of anti hijack tools while having a resource hogging piece of anti virus bloatware running in the background, makes a big difference.
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