Linux or Windows

Posted in General, Open Source by sandaruwan on March 8th, 2006

It is true that most people in the world are using Windows. But there is a doubt: “Is it the best OS for PCs?”. Here is a brief description regarding Linux vs. Windows.

GUI (Graphical User Interfaces) -

Both Windows and Linux provide GUIs and both are seem to be fairly ok. But there is an advantage in Linux; many GUIs (Gnome, KDE, etc) are available. Windows only comes with its own one and only GUI. There are some external software to change the look of the theme. But those are third party products and take up too much memory and slow down your computer.

Shell / Dos prompt -

The shell in Linux is very powerful. You can do almost everything in the shell. But the Dos prompt’s scope is limited to a small area (Almost only file handling!).

Cost -

Linux is almost free and Windows is around $200 - $300. But when you consider running Linux on a business environment, you may have to hire some Linux technicians, who might be more costly than the Windows techno craps.

Live CDs -

Windows doesn’t support a live booting while there are many live linux distros.

Software -

This is the main disadvantage of Linux. There are only few 3rd party software for Linux. You might have some kind of alternatives but those might not good as windows products. For example macromedia products are the ideal tools for the web publishing; there is no good alternative for those in Linux. And most of the games are only for Windows. So, regarding the software Microsoft is in the lead.

Security -

There is no point of even talking about this. Linux is much more secure than Windows. There are thousand of security holes in Windows and very few in Linux. And the Linux bugs are always quickly fixed by the community.

So, as you guys can see Linux is much better than Windows? But why the people are still using Windows? That’s a topic to discuss and gateway to improve linux. Get back to you in another article.

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5 Responses to “Linux or Windows”

  1. eigma Says:

    There is no official Windows live distribution (to use Linux terms), but there’s several very competitive 3rd party projects. One of the most well-known is BartPE (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/). They’re pretty much all based on WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment; http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/benefits/winpe.mspx).

    April 26th, 2006 at 2:22 am

  2. Janantha Says:

    I started using colinux. I think linux is quite good security wise compared to windows..but when it comes to GUI windows is still upfront but ive seen the screen shots of the new fedora core 5.. and it looks quite amazing!

    May 3rd, 2006 at 12:22 pm

  3. Curtis Says:

    linux vs.windows webhosting.???
    I wondered which should be used for dynamics sites using flash css javascript forms etc.
    I was looking at this companies corporate plan and would like to have the option to set up several seperate websites for different customers
    assigning each an allotment of space with seperate access by them and allowing me access is this site suitable for my needs or is it as it seems just too good to be true???

    December 1st, 2006 at 9:02 pm

  4. janantha Says:

    Curtis.. Try Dreamhost. With them you can have the seperation your talking about

    December 2nd, 2006 at 11:18 pm

  5. Rizwan Says:

    Answer in One Line : “Windows is much more user friendly than that of Linux”.

    December 4th, 2006 at 9:40 am

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