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Linux versus Windows. The reason I'm including
this lesson in this training is because when you
need to know a lot about a certain technology, it
is good to compare one thing with another, like
whenever you can need to compare, let's say a car,
you have to have certain comparison with other
cars. For example, if you are buying Mercedes, you
should know a few differences between Mercedes and
BMW and Audi. So this way you can make a right
decision, or you will know the features that you
will be getting with your new car. So that's why I'm
comparing Linux with Windows, so you will know
exactly what the difference is, the basic
difference, and you will be able to answer any
questions that come up during the interview. The
first difference between Linux and Windows is by
the price, of course Linux is free. And not all
the distributions are free, Red Hat is not for you,
and you would have to pay for subscription support.
Whereas Windows, it's not free, you will have to pay
for it. Ease. Linux is not user friendly, you
would have to run user commands to get your tasks
done. Whereas Windows, you have a GUI to do most
of those tasks, all you have to do is double click,
run the program, and you're done. Most of the
things are done through the GUI. Reliability,
Linux is very reliable. Oftentimes, it runs
for months and years, where you don't even have to
reboot it. Where in Windows, it often requires a
reboot. Now Windows have done a lot better, its
operating system has become a lot better and
stable, where you don't need to reboot or it
doesn't crash oftentimes. Software, most of the
software's are enterprise level software that runs
in Linux, whereas Windows, there's a much larger
selection of software, for example, office, games,
utilities, and a lot more. Also, Windows offers our
live chat, chat on social media softwares.
Multitasking, now multitasking is one of the basic
reason why people came up with Unix and Linux
type of operating system, because back then they
needed some type of operating system that could
perform multitask. And for those who don't do not
know what multitasking is in terms of operating
system, it's about running multiple processes at
the same time. Whereas in Windows, you could run
multiple multitasking, but you do need a lot of
high CPU and memory. Please do remember, I'm not
trying to say Windows bad or Linux is the best.
I'm trying to compare some of the basic features.
Windows have done an amazing job in the past few
years where they have come up with tools like
Active Directory Domain Controller, Microsoft
Exchange, and SQL server running on Windows.
They have done an amazing job and they have
pioneered the market in that. So there are a few
things that are very good on Windows and in Linux,
there aren't in terms of programmings. security
wise, Linux is very secure and Windows is somewhat
secure, and why is that is, because Windows is more
vulnerable to hacking because it is facing the
internet, because people run like social media type
of things or chatting sessions and a lot of
different things that they run and they're
accessing the internet. Wherein in Linux you don't
access the internet. Open source, Linux is open to
public, there's the code is out there, you can
modify the code, you will come up with your own
operating system, whereas Windows, you cannot do
anything. It is owned by Microsoft, you cannot have
the code open or revealed to anyone.
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