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Comparison of Windows and Linux

Windows and Linux operating systems differ in several key areas: Windows comes from a single company, Microsoft, while Linux has distributions from many different companies. Windows is easier to install for beginners, while Linux installation varies between distributions from very easy to more difficult. Windows has more available application software though Linux is catching up, but Linux has far fewer security issues like viruses. Both operating systems are continually updated by their developers to address bugs and add new features, but Linux generally has a reputation for greater stability.

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Comparison of Windows and Linux

Windows and Linux operating systems differ in several key areas: Windows comes from a single company, Microsoft, while Linux has distributions from many different companies. Windows is easier to install for beginners, while Linux installation varies between distributions from very easy to more difficult. Windows has more available application software though Linux is catching up, but Linux has far fewer security issues like viruses. Both operating systems are continually updated by their developers to address bugs and add new features, but Linux generally has a reputation for greater stability.

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Trades Microsoft Windows Linux

All the flavors of Windows come Various distributions of


from Microsoft. Linux come from
different companies (i.e.
Windows has two main lines. Linspire, Red Hat, SuSE,
The older flavors are referred to Ubuntu, Xandros,
Flavors as “Win9x” and consist of Knoppix, Slackware,
Windows 95, 98, 98SE and Me. Lycoris, etc. ).
The newer flavors are referred
to as “NT class” and consist of
Windows NT3, NT4, 2000, XP,
Vista and Windows 7.
User-friendly GUI has been and The GUI of Linux has
continues to be the major USP improved tremendously
(GUI) Graphical of Windows OS. in the last few years.
User Interface Applications such as
Compiz took the Linux
GUI to next level.
Installing  Windows 7 is There is a huge variation
extremely easy and even a in the Linux installation
newbie can install without any procedure. Different
difficulties. distributions of Linux
have their own
installation programs.
Installing the
But installing the most
Operating System
preferred Linux distro,
Ubuntu is as easy as
Windows 7. While other
distros like gentoo have
quite unfriendly
installation procedures.
There is more application Not many softwares as
software available for Windows. compared to Windows
Application Software
but there are sufficient
number to do any job.
Installing any giving software is Newbies will face some
Application software
VERY easy in Windows. difficulty in installing
installation
certain softwares .
Security The vast majority of malicious There is virtually no
software (of all types) runs on virus that’s made for
Windows. Windows users are Linux!
burdened with the need for
anti-virus and anti-spyware
software.
Windows 98, NT were very Linux typically has fewer
buggy while the latest Windows bugs than windows right
Bugs
7 is said to be having negligible from earlier times.
number of bugs.
Almost all the Hardware Though Linux supports
available to a ‘ Regular majority of the
Supported
Consumer’ supports Windows. hardware, it still lags
Hardware Devices
behind windows in
hardware support.
Microsoft frequently updates It varies between one
the OS to fix bugs and improve distro to the other.
features. Ubuntu fixes any
Updating Software
loopholes or bugs and
updates OS much faster
than Microsoft.
Though stability of Windows Stability is the major
improved tremendously with USP of any Linux distro.
the new releases, it is still not Stability is one of the
Stability as stable as Linux. main reason why linux is
preferred for servers
over Windows, even
today.
The price of latest OS from Completely FREE.
Microsoft, Windows 7 starts at
Cost Rs. 5899 for the basic version
and goes till Rs. 11799 for the
Ultimate Version.

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