Microsoft Windows Vs Linux

Linux is a Unix-like and POSIX-compliant computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released.

Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical user interface operating systems (GUI OS) developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS.

Linux can be freely distributed, downloaded freely, and distributed through magazines, Books, etc. There are priced versions for Linux also, but they are normally cheaper than Windows.

$69 for students, $99 to upgrade to pro.

Linux is developed by Open Source development i.e. through sharing and collaboration of code and features through forums etc and it is distributed by various different vendors.

Developed and distributed by Microsoft.

Linux kernel is developed by the community. Linus Torvalds, A Finnish software engineer who created the operating system oversees things.

Microsoft

Linus Torvalds and the Linux community.

Microsoft

Everyone

Everyone

Many/ Depments upon user and flavor

Windows Update

Basic Terminal (CLI)

MS-DOS

GNU General Public License

Proprietary

Multilingual (Almost every language of the world)

Multilingual (Almost every language of the world)

Linux can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers, and video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers.

On PC/ desktops, laptops, servers, and some phones too.

Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, Jfs, ReiserFS, Xfs, Btrfs, FAT, FAT32, NTFS

FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT

Gnome or KDE

Graphical (Windows Aero)

BASH (Bourne Again SHell) is the Linux default shell. It can support multiple command interpreters.

Windows uses a command shell and each version of Windows has a single command interpreter with dos-like commands, although there’s been an addition of the optional PowerShell that uses more Unix-like commands.

Free Software/ Open source

Closed / Shared source

All

PowerPC: versions 1.0 – NT 4.0; DEC
Alpha: versions 1.0 – NT 4.0; MIPS R4000: versions 1.0 – NT 4.0; IA-32: versions 1.0 – 8; IA-64: version XP; x86-64: versions XP – 8; ARM: version RT;

GNU

DOS

C

Assembly, C, C++

Server, Personal

Personal, business

New version of Linux supports many kinds of hardware.

Can coexist on local networks with Windows, BSD, Macs, and other Unix-like systems. Sometimes file compatibility issues may arise.