Linux VS Windows

Linux Vs Windows

LINUX is one of the open source operating system software that is free to be distributed under the GNU license . Linux is a derivative of Unix and can work on a variety of hardware ranging from inter koputer x86 to RISC .

With GNU ( Gnu's Not Unix ) You can obtain the program , complete with source code ( source code ) . Not only that , you are granted the right to copy as much as you want , or even change the code sumbernya.Dan was all legal under license . Although free , GNU license allows parties who want to attract a fee for copying and sending program .

Originally created by a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds . Linux used to be a hobby project inspired by Minix , a small UNIX system developed by Andrew Tanenbaum .

12:01 Linux version in August 1991. Then on October 5, 1991 , Linus announced the official version of Linux , which is the only version of 0:02 to run a bash shell ( GNU Bourne Again Shell ) and gcc ( GNU C Compiler ) .

Until now , Linux is a very complete UNIX system , can be used for networking , software development and even for daily work . Now Linux is an alternative operating system that is much cheaper when compared with commercial operating systems ( eg Windows 9.x/NT/2000/ME ) . L

STRENGTHS AND LACK OF LINUX

A. excess

• It is an open source , free , open and free to get it .

• Linux is now easy to operate

• It has a superior security , free from viruses

• Suitable for the PC that has the minimum specs

• Linux can be run in two modes .

• Linux is more stable .

• Have people in different parts of the world .

• There are a variety of options such as Ubuntu , Fedora , Debian , Centos , RedHat , openSUSE , Mandriva , and so on .

B. shortage

• Many users are not accustomed to using linux .

• Support hardware from certain vendors are not very good at linux .

• Installation is not as easy as windows .

• Application on linux is not efficacious as a windows application .

• Structure and directory permissions are confusing for users who are accustomed to using windows .

Linux has some kind or a distribution ( the term for linux ) , including :

1 . Xandros

2 . Ubuntu .

3 . CentOS

4 . Debian

5 . Fedora ( previously called Fedora Core , sometimes also called Fedora Linux )

6 . Knoppix

7 . Gentoo Linux

8 . Slackware

9 . Mandriva Linux

10 . OpenSUSE

11 . Freespire

12 . Linux Mint

13 . PCLinuxOS

14 . Damn Small Linux

15 . Kuliax

16 . Redhat

While Microsoft Windows or Windows is known as family of operating systems developed by Microsoft , using Windows operating graphical user interface . The system has evolved from the MS - DOS , an operating system based on text mode and command - line . The first version of Windows , Windows Graphic Environment 1.0 was first introduced on 10 November1983 , but just out of the market in November 1985 , which was made to meet the needs of the computer to display a picture of Windows 1.0 is a 16 - bit software ( not an operating system ) that runs on top of MS - DOS ( and some variants of MS - DOS ) , so he will not be able to run without the operating system DOS . Version 2.x , 3.x versions are the same . Some recent versions of Windows ( starting from version 4.0 and Windows NT 3.1 ) is an independent operating system that is no longer dependent on the operating system MS - DOS . Microsoft Windows and can be developed and can be controlled using the operating system up to 90 % .

• Advantages of Windows :

1 . User friendly compared to other operating systems

2 . Installing the software was easy compared to the installation of other operating systems

3 . Many Windows -based software

4 . More support for driver

5 . Development is faster than most other software because many software companies that consistently make progress on the Windows operating system .

6 . Many offer a free GPL and Freeware for Windows .

7 . If there is a problem easy to solve because almost everyone can , and seek expert is also not difficult all around us .

• Lack of Windows :

1 . Price expensive licenses

2 . Communities too little , since closed - source

3 . The number of viruses are known to infect Windows