Linux is a computer operating system which is based on free and open source
software. Although many different varieties of Linux exist, all are Unix-like and based on
the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel created in 1992 by Linus Torvalds.
Linux V/s Windows:-
Linux doesn’t have the virus problems: Even Microsoft’s CEO Steve Balmer
couldn’t clean Windows Viruses. Still not convinced? It’s not that there aren’t any
viruses for Linux but Linux is more secure and less virus prone.
Linux doesn’t need defragging: The Linux file systems work very efficiently such
that it arranges data in a way that it doesn’t require defragging.
Linux doesn’t crash without any apparent reasons: In Linux the core operating
system (kernel) is separate from the GUl (X-Window) from the applications
(OpenOffice.org, etc). So even if the application crashes, the core operating
system is not affected. In Windows (Microsoft prefers to call this tight
integration) if the Browser crashes, it can take down the entire operating system.
Linux doesn’t crash if you accidentally pulled out your USB key/pen drive: Try
this a 100 times if you don’t believe me. But don’t blame me if your pen drive
data gets corrupt.
linux doesn’t require frequent re-installation: In Windows if the OS crashes, there
is no easy way to recover this. Many IT support staff doesn’t know what to do
and all they can do is re-install Windows. Which means that users applications
and preferences are lost, and needs to be installed again. I haven’t seen anyone
using Linux, requiring re-installing unless there is a hard drive failure. Most
things in Linux can be fixed without requiring re-installation.
Linux doesn’t require frequent rebooting: Linux runs extremely stable, even if an
application crashes, there is no need to reboot the whole system, just restart
that application or service. Linux also doesn’t require rebooting when a new
hardware device is added configured. Linux doesn’t require rebooting when you
change any setting or re-configure your Network or when you install a new
application.
No licensing headaches: Yes Linux is free and you don’t know need to bother
about the complexion licensing of per user/per PC/per server/etc. Note: Some
Linux distributions charge a yearly subscription to get the updates and patches,
however this is still simpler than the proprietary world.
100 File Systems: Linux can read over a 100 different types of file systems.
Windows is limited to its own two file systems. Well most general users may not
care about this but its extremely useful is you are working in a mixed
environment or you need to extract some data from a hard drive formatted on
another computer.
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