Is Linux good for everyday use?

Is Linux really useful for everyday users? In a purely consumptive role (browsing the web and using web applications, watching movies, listening to music, storing data), it is as capable as any other desktop operating system, with the exception of many games that are Windows exclusive.

What’s so special about Linux?

Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these requests to the computer’s hardware.