Why GNU/Linux for academics and why Debian in particular?
This vignette is an attempt to explain my position as to why I use GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/Linux, in particular, and why you as a reader, surfer, or couch academic, should want to run GNU/Linux and Debian. I first briefly describe GNU/Linux, then Debian, and provide reasons (compelling?) why you should consider Debian GNU/Linux over Windows or Mac.
GNU/Linux is the proper name given to what is casually referred to as the Linux operating system. Yes this is an argument that has been rehashed over and over again whether or not referring to GNU/Linux as Linux is sufficient. I do not believe it is and prefer to use GNU/Linux. GNU is the userland, e.g. the libraries, applications, compilers, etc., that you use to interact with the kernel, in this case Linux.
So why GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/Linux in particular?
1) Transparency
Both GNU/Linux and Debian are 100% transparent.
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