title: What are benefits of running Java on Linux (moving away from Windows)
body: <p>I am currently running a large distributed Java system on Windows.</p>
  
  <p>What are benefits of moving to Linux - from a Java point of view?</p>
  
  <p>One I can think of is being able to run 'services' natively.  At the moment I have to log in to the Windows box and start the Java program.</p>
  
  <p>Are there performance gains, etc.?</p>