LINUX VS WINDOWS

LINUX VS WINDOWS

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• Linux is an example of Open
Source software development and Free Operating System
(OS).
• Linux can be freely distributed, downloaded freely, distributed through magazines, Books etc. There are priced versions for Linux also, but they are normally cheaper than Windows. .

• Windows is the family of operating system (OS) from
Microsoft, which is the most famous OS in the world.
• For desktop or home use,
Windows can be expensive.
A single copy can cost around $50 to $ 450 depending on the version of
Windows.

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• Everyone. From home users to developers and computer enthusiasts alike.
• Linux kernel is developed by the community. Linus
Torvalds oversees things.

WINDOWS
• Everyone. From home users to developers and computer enthusiasts alike.
• Microsoft created the
Windows operating system, but allows other computer manufactures to distribute their own computers with
Windows pre-installed.

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• Linux can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers and video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers.

WINDOWS

• On PC's desktops, laptops, servers and some phones.

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• Linux is developed by Open
Source development i.e. through sharing and collaboration of code and features through forums etc and it is distributed by various vendors.

• Windows is developed and distributed by Microsoft.

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• Linux typically provides two
GUIs, KDE and Gnome. But there are millions of alternatives such as LXDE,
Xfce, Unity, Mate, twm, ect.

• The Windows GUI is an integral component of the
OS and is not replaceable.
This can be a con when it comes to Windows 8's
Metro.

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• Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, Jfs,
ReiserFS, Xfs, Btrfs, FAT,
FAT32, NTFS
• BASH (Bourne Again SHell) is the Linux default shell. It can support multiple command interpreters.

• FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT
• Windows uses a command shell and each version of
Windows has a single command interpreter with dos-like commands, recently there is the addition of the optional
PowerShell that uses more
Unix-like commands.

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• Linux has had about 60-100 viruses listed till date. None of them actively spreading nowadays. • According to Dr. Nic Peeling and Dr Julian Satchell's
“Analysis of the Impact of
Open Source Software” there have been more than
60,000 viruses in Windows.
Anti Virus cost about $20 to
$400.

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• In case of Linux, threat detection and solution is very fast, as Linux is mainly community driven and whenever any Linux user posts any kind of threat, several developers start working on it from different parts of the world

• After detecting a major threat in Windows OS,
Microsoft generally releases a patch that can fix the problem and it can take more than 2/3 months.
Sometimes sooner,
Microsoft releases patches and updates weekly.

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• Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat,
Debian, Archlinux, Android etc. • Very few games available natively. Some games can be played through Wine, but often not all features are available.

• Windows 8, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP
• Almost all games are compatible with Windows.
Some CPU intensive and graphics intensive games are exclusive to Windows
PC's.

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• Although there are many
GUI applications, most of the work is done through
Terminal (a console window), and if a problem arises GUI is rarely usable to fix them.

• Everything can be controlled through GUI and incompatibility problems are rare.

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• Because hardware manufacturers, such as
NVidia, often does not provide documentation for linux developers, drivers can not use full card performance • Combined with newest
DirectX versions and full graphics card support the performance is almost as good as it can get.

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• Linux is a Unix-like and POSIXcompliant computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the
Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released

• Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by
Microsoft. Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS.

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• Multilingual
• GNU/Free

WINDOWS

• Multilingual
• Proprietary

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• Gnome or KDE (Depends on distro) • Graphical (Windows Aero)

• Many

• Windows Update