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Windows vs. Linux, A Comparison Many of you who are reading this article are using Windows as most of the
other internet users do. There is a huge difference between the number of
users of LINUX and Windows. Some say Windows is much better than LINUX
because it gives you an easy handling of the hardware and software. Some say
LINUX is much better because it started as Open Source software and that's
why it is much more flexible than Windows. Then why there is a huge market
difference between these operating systems?
The answer to this question is quite easy. Since 1985, computer users and
programmers became so accustomed to using Windows, even for the changing
capabilities and the appearances of the graphical interface of the versions,
therefore it always stayed as the product of Microsoft. On the other hand,
LINUX has so many different versions from a variety of companies some of
which are namely Lycoris, Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, Knoppix, Slackware,
Lindows. These companies release their own versions of the operating systems
with slight changes, and yet always with the same kernel. This variety and
the fact that none of these companies are even close to competing with
Windows, mostly causes the difference in the market. Nevertheless, this
reality might drastically change after Novell's purchase of SuSE.
Linux and Windows differ in many aspects. First of all, the Linux GUI is
optional while the Windows GUI is an integral component of the OS; speed,
efficiency and reliability are all increased by running a server instance of
Linux without a GUI, something that server versions of Windows can not do.
The detached nature of the Linux GUI makes remote control and remote
administration of a Linux computer simpler and more natural than a Windows
computer.
Secondly the command prompts of these operating systems are quite different.
In general, the command interpreters in the Windows 9x series are very
similar to each other and the NT class versions of Windows (NT, 2000, XP)
also have similar command interpreters. There are, however differences
between a Windows 9x command interpreter and one in an NT class flavor of
Windows. Linux, like all versions of UNIX, supports multiple command
interpreters, but it usually uses one called BASH (Bourne Again Shell).
Others are the Korn shell, the Bourne shell, ash and the C shell (pun, no
doubt, intended).
The costs are amazingly different. While you have to pay some hundred
dollars for a new version of Windows, you can simply go and download Linux.
As it comes from the nature of Linux, there are no manuals or simple
installers for the free version, however. You really have to know what you
are doing while using this free package. There are also some easy automated
packages of Linux for low prices, as well.
The security issues with Windows, as most of you already know, are the
biggest cons of Microsoft. Most of the malicious files, spyware, adware
programs deal with Windows. You generally do not deal with these kinds of
unwanted circumstances unless you are working with Windows. The user-id and
password protection for Windows can also be easily bypassed, whereas Linux
offers a strong protection.
The only area that Windows beats Linux in this "competition" is the software
availability. As it was mentioned above, most of the software releases are
configured for Windows. If you are using Linux, you have to emulate Windows
with a special software and then you can use your windows based programs.
Another option can be to install Windows as a subsystem to Linux which takes
all administrative abilities of Windows and gives them to Linux.
After mentioning some of the different aspects of these operating systems,
it can be said that all Linux needs to compete with Windows is some user
friendly interface and a strong company support which can provide the users
with technical information and user manuals.
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