Windows Vs Linux - Which one is better?
Couple of days back, I recieved a presentation from one of my friend Anoop Chawla. He and his college friend’s (Akhil Babel & Ritika Gupta) made a presentation for a contest in their college and the good thing is that they were the winners of the contest. I know Anoop and Akhil personally and I respect their knowledge in the field of computers (both of them are geeks) :).
The presentation is about Linux and shows the comparison between the Windows and Linux and informs users about various facts and praises linux all the way. So, I thought of discussing and sharing this presentation with everyone. I’ll be pointing some of the pages of the presentation and will try to show the real picture to everyone. Anyway, here’s the presentation, which they created, please go through it and then we’ll discuss the hot question, “Which OS is better, Windows Or Linux?”
The presentation is about Linux and the first 20 pages of it shows what exactly linux is and gives a brief overview of it and tells everyone about the various applications available in linux for day to day computing. But the fun starts when the 21st slide comes up and that says Windows Vs Linux.
Slide 22 : The slide shows the list of flavours available for Linux and Windows but unfortunately misses some of the important information. The list of Linux flavours is less than the number of available flavours of Linux (but that is ok, as there are hundreds of flavours available and it is almost impossible to list them in a presentation. They’ve put only the popular ones, however, they could have added this line and hundreds more….. And in the case of windows, they forgot to put Windows 3.1 in the list. We must not forget that Windows 3.1 was the first GUI based OS from Microsoft and the first one in the windows family. And a mention of Windows Vista would have been also good.
Slide 23 : In this slide the comparison of the GUI of both the OS’s is given but again the true picture was not shown as the latest released version of Windows is Windows XP and the second screenshot is of Windows XP only but shows the classic view of Windows. Original look of windows XP is much more better than that of Linux. So, was this intentional or not, I’m not sure about it but certainly needs a correction.
Slide 24 : This slide shows the difference between the Command Lines of both the OS’s and I’ve to agree that Linux’s command line looks much better, when opened in the GUI mode but Windows Command line looks pretty dull.
Slide 25 : I don’t have an idea about what they are trying to say over here. Do they mean that Windows can’t be used for clustering? If that is the case then sorry guys but Windows servers can be used for clustering as well.
Slide 27 : This slide displays the picture which says that the cost of using Linux is far less than that of Windows. In this case I’ll love to point to one of the news report from CNET which says that Windows Is Cheaper Than Linux in Enterprises.
Slide 28 : This slide says END THE MONOPOLY. If I understand correctly Monopoly is that state in which there is a restriction in the entry of various other players but in this case there is no restriction at all. We have Unix, Linux, FreeBSD etc. as other operating system. However, the biggest market share is with Microsoft. And I believe the reason for that is because they’ve made wonderful and easy operating systems due to which various people purchase it.
Slide 29 & 30 : They are nothing but some funny quotations and the 30th one displays the name of three researchers.
So, that’s what I feel about the various points mentioned in this presentation. What do you think is Linux better or is Windows?
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clarifications first.
when i mentioned clustering, i meant to say that linux is better suited for clustering than windows. it is a proven fact. this helps us build supercomputers at a very marginal cost. we spoke those lines and therefore omitted them in the file. about the flavours of windows, well we only chose the ones we thought we could actually compare. most of the people present in the room had not used windows before win 98. and abt windows servers being cheaper, well i hav reasons to believe that if u have the same security features in windows that u hav in linux, u will need a shitload of more software leading to a much more expensive set up. as far as vista is concerned, well it is rumored to hav a newer code so therefore it could be good, but the older versions are just using code written yrs ago. it is not fresh and is failure prone.
Hmm, well, i figured it out that in the case of clustering you must have spoken. Anyway, I agree that linux is good in case of clustering but saying that Windows is useless then I think that is not fair.
And if you look back at the release of Win Xp Sp2 then you’ll come to know that everything in that release was changed although the functioning was not changed, but it was whole new operating system as compared to Win XP & SP1
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I saw this presentation before Akhil and Anoop made it to their college and found it a BIG improvement over some stuff that they had done earleir.; I think it more tightly worded than some of their earleir stuff. Your points are bang on.
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Thanks chachu!
I know they’ve (all three) done some great work but the problem is that I love windows a lot. I’ve got no problems with Linux & I’ve even written an article..where in people can run linux in windows. In case you want you can read it here : http://www.reviewsaurus.com/2006/05/how-to-run-linux-in-windows.html
But, the point which I did’nt like was that they were trying to say that Windows is bad. In these points I just wanted to say that Billions of people can’t be wrong :)
ya its true that they are not wrong but according to me they are fooled to some extent as in case ….
the windows using the same code and selling with different names and getting money for same thing again and again so…i think i have cleared my point…
and my aim is not to critisice windows but tell the people truth that linux always is better than windows and is very user friendly, which is a myth that people think that its not user friendly…so linux rules…..and windows…. “NOW U UNDERSTAND CLEARLY”
he he! Anoop as I’ve said earlier that I am not against Linux but I am not against Windows either.
Now, your point Microsoft sells the same code again and again is some what not justified because they’ve improved their coding with each and every release of Windows. If you remember windows 3.1…it was nothing in front of Windows 95 and same goes in the case of windows 95 and windows 98.
If we take the example of Windows NT then it was considered better over Windows 2000 but windows 2000 had the concept of Active directory which made it the best in the business and as far as windows xp is considered it is a desktop computer and everyone realises the power of Windows XP. Windows Xp was released almost 5 years back and the major part of the world uses Windows XP on their computers. That means that it is most user friendly OS ever and stable too :)
I agree to your point where people say that Linux is not user friendly. It is not true at all. Linux is user friendly infact, any OS will be user friendly if you’ll use it everyday. You’ll just need to have that hunger of learning the things.
I am still not convinced buddy….about your points of saying that Winodws……
Interesting discussion..though the debate continues ad nauseum.
Anyone heard of Mac? they were the first to understand teh true potential of Linux and use it commercially. Failed at first, but look at them now. They have wooed even Intel now.
But this is not about market analysis.
The flaws in Windows are as overwhelming as its power, notwithstanding its mass support. Lengthy redundant code, defective architecture and ..the list could go on. M$ focus is on commercialism rather than on optimising the kernel.
Mac stands a fair chance to win the place it deserves, piracy permitting.
Amen
yes, i agree. but if u see the new xgl desktop in linux, u will see that it is prettier than mac!
so much for looks. all said and done, i truly believe that mac os x is the ultimate os. the problem is that it only runs on mac books or intel 915 and above machines. even though people have been able to run it on amd cpus also though patches. ati is the only graphic chip maker supported yet though nvidia can be used with patches. my father (who just commented above on mac) said that he was very impressed with the performance of mac, which he used for quite a few days on his trip abroad. i take his word to be absolute truth as he gives an absolute unbiased opinion about any os. when he liked windows better than suse 10.1 he said that and gave valid reasons for the same. but mayank bhaiya, even he agrees on windows’ problems, its unstability.
i am now looking forward to mac os x running on my pc!! after all it is the coolest os ever.
Hi Ankhil!
I kept my mouth shut there at the time of presentation ;)
Lemme open it here :)
Linux may become the future platform, but, at present, just way too many compromises. eg: PS2(photoshop PS2 aka ver 9) has yet to be ported to linux. You may say that Linux has ‘blah blah’ alternative, but, IMHO, then, the user will have to adjust to its new environment. Millions of graphical experts, all over the world have adjusted themselves to the environment of PS.
Best part of linux is that it is opensource, but, thats not enough for me to completely port from windows to linux.
during the presentation, you said, “linux comes with open office.org”, but, open office is also avaliable(as a freeware) for windows
Linux servers too suck in terms of speed and compatibility. Windows servers surpass them in terms of speed and compatibility
Also, the devices which we have(say pocket pcs) are not yet compatible with linux. How would i b able to sync my XDA II S and other myraid of pocket pcs ?? *question*+*confused*
Face it, linux is still in hands of minority.
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KAMALDEEP SINGH
moderator, news editor, software reviewer of IndiPPC.com
pocket pc expert, 2006 || pocket pc software judge,2006
I agree to deepak uncle. I’m sure soon windows will have less chance and as far as Linux or Unix is concerned, people will know it as Mac in future. Now, that Mac is available for Intel PCs (akhil has already mentioned that it can be run through AMD’s as well, thru patches and all stuff), I’m sure it will also become hot and we will have piracy of this OS too. Just for everybodies information, we already have pirated version (although developer version) of MAC for Intel is available on the internet. I’m sure that Mac stands a chance in future but Linux will still need big fight.
And well said Kamaldeep, I agree to you to. We have really less softwares in Linux and there are some but most of them are available for Windows too. For e.g. Openoffice (as you mentioned) other thing we can talk about is GIMP (Photoshop alternative) , even that is also available for Windows. But, Photoshop is already available for Macintosh, so what I think that it will MAC who may rule the future. Although, Microsoft will not let the market share slip easily from the its hands. What do you all think about it?
Yes, Mac is the best at the moment. Even the logo of windows was designed on a Mac ;)
Mac is going to rule because most of the development applications are released for mac too. Macromedia apps are all avaliable for windows and mac. I would any day prefer mac because its way too resource friendly and Apple produces powerful(and beautiful) machines with powerful OSs(say MAC OS X/TIGER).
Like linux, very less viruses have been developed for Mac.
One more reason to prefer mac is that pocket pcs can be synced with Mac by using an application called “Missing Sync”. With it, one can sync with the contacts residing on the Mac.
Apple has made some remarkable products like Mac iBOOK G4 etc and we ll continue to see such great innovation from them
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KAMALDEEP SINGH
moderator, news editor, software reviewer of IndiPPC.com
pocket pc expert, 2006 || pocket pc software judge,2006
as evry one read all information which is given by kamaldeep and reviewsaurus windows vs linux i dont have much experiance of linux but i still recommend it for future platform becouse it having some special qualities which windows dose’t have like –virus protection , staiblity ,quality of handling big database,(becouse even real scenereo allmost datacenter is based on linux server and linux workstation),less possiblity of hacking.these all quality is making to linux a robust os
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Show me a platform Linux cannot run on and I’ll show you something that either needs a mod chip or lacks an MMU. I’m a free culture advocate, and I’d say go try out opensolaris, freeBSD, and Linux. As long as you’re not paying for it, you have nothing to lose by trying it… (use an empty HDD if you don’t know what you’re doing) Heck, I’ll go out of my way to help you. Contact me at ethana2@gmail.com for any questions you may have regarding getting started with Linux or just understanding it.
Linux was built for security and networking. Windows was built for money. I put more faith in art for art’s sake than anything where money is involved- and if you know the nature of information, you know that code is art.
@ ethana2 : I agree that Linux is such a platform which can run on any kind of hardware but my only concern was the ease of use. You will have to agree that still there lot and lot many people who find difficulty in using Windows which is by far the most user friendly OS available and I’m sure that they’ll find it very difficult to use when it will come to Linux. It’s not that I’m against linux but in this article, I only wanted to point out that its bad to say that Windows is not good. I don’t see any point where we can say that MS Windows is not worth praise…do you see any point like that?
Regarding user friendliness, I’d say Linux is far ahead of windows but for two things: jerk hardware manufacturers that don’t make freely distributable Linux drivers and jerk content producers that used nonfree codecs or DRM that cannot *legally* be used by a distro from the get-go.
You don’t have to restart every time it updates, you don’t have to defrag, ever, and you don’t have to worry about antiviruses or firewalls. Gnome is more organized and clean than windows, and already comes with all you need to work, so you don’t have to go out and collect all of it every time you install. I don’t know how you can get more user friendly than that.
Get rid of the command prompt, you say? Well, windows has one too- but you don’t have to use it. Same deal. It just gives you more power if you know how to some degree.
@ ethana 2 : Ok, I’ll go ahead and try Linux as I said in my another comment. Finally You’ve managed to bring another person in the linux community :P
Sorry, I really have a hard time telling when people are being sarcastic. I can be helpful though, should you need it.
Pardon my opinionated-ness ;)
@ ethana2 : You can trust me on this one. I’m not being sarcastic. I’ll definitely look at you…when I’ll need some help in Linux. I’ve already added you in the chat list. Hope to talk to you soon :)
please send me the presentation slides(30 pgs) as an e-mail or a printable version, i need to go through slowly and understand..
regards