It's a qualitative thing. Quantitative/technical measures of 'best OS' are silly. For me, Linux represents freedom and control. Freedom from the oppressive cor

It's a qualitative thing. Quantitative/technical measures of 'best OS' are silly. For me, Linux represents freedom and control. Freedom from the oppressive corporate nonsense and general grey hat fuckery of Microsoft; freedom from the walled garden and Temple of Shiny Things of Apple. And, control: the ability to tinker with my environment, to choose (to a large degree) the hardware and applications I want. There's more, of course, but that's the meat of it.