WHY HACKERS USE LINUX

Linux use is growing at an amazing rate. Hackers prefer this OS to others because;

1. This operating system, which has no public relations department, advertising, or government lobby.
2. It’s also free, and 100% open source, meaning anyone can look at each and every line of code in the Linux kernel.
3. Linux is a true multiuser operating system, and has been since the very first version.
4. It is powerful in it’s simplicity. 
5. There are robust graphical environments and tools, you can still do everything you could possibly need with just a keyboard and a shell prompt. Since you have the code, you could even make Linux do things it was never meant to.

The power and flexibility of Linux makes it the hacker’s playground. They use it, learn it, and understand it intimately. And that means that if there’s an insecurity, they’re going to find it.
However the very reasons the hackers like Linux are the same reasons more folks are installing it on their own systems today.