Windows and Linux Operating Systems

Operating system

                         Operating system is a layer of software that provides abstraction and arbitration. In simple words it is a chief program that enables the computer hardware to communicate with computer software. In early systems, user interacted with the computer using command line interface but nowadays all the computers use Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Example: windows, linux, unix, mac os x

Windows operating system

                     Windows is one of the most popular operating system, when it comes to personal computers. It is one of the most profitable products ever made attracting millions and millions of users. It was the first to introduce Graphical User Interface (GUI). Even the first version of windows was pretty revolutionary. Windows made the general public realize that each and every household could have a computer and it wasn't just a machine that was used by big corporates.

Pros of windows

• Windows take more than 90-80% share when it comes to personal computers and desktops as it is the most user friendly operating system. Windows helps us to get millions of applications and provide support for all those application.
• One common thing that everyone love is gaming. In that case, windows is the best operating system for gaming, there is no OS which has support for better gaming and no OS that runs similar as windows. 
• Software compatibility is another advantage of windows operating system. Many useful applications like AutoCad architecture, Autodesk, Bandicam, Coreldraw, etc support only on windows OS. 
• Windows can nearly run on any processor like Intel, AMD. Hence it is compatible to any hardware.

Cons of windows

•  Windows is not an open source software it is proprietary owned. An original windows 10 OS would cost around 7600INR. 
• Most of the products in windows operating system like MS office, adobe photoshop, adobe aftereffects, etc are not free. 
• Windows is unstable and insecure. Microsoft has made great improvements over the years with security on their Operating System, their Operating System still continues to be the most vulnerable to viruses and other attacks. 
• Windows operating system is a resource hog as it uses too much Random Access Memory (RAM). 
• Windows operating system won’t provide the source code for their users as it is owned by Microsoft.

Linux operating system

                             Linux operating system was developed by Linus Torvalds. Linux was originally developed for personal computers. It was the model of free open source software which knocked down all the proprietary giants like Microsoft in order to maintain the development and distribution of computer program.

Pros of Linux

•  Linux is completely customizable as it is an open source software and provides the source code to the users who use them. It lets you dive deep into your system and mess with everything including the kernel. 
•  Developers and users more or less like to work within a relatively closed environment that places restriction on what can you do. 
•  Google developed the most popular mobile operating system Android with the help of Linux OS. As it was created from Linux, android was declared open source OS. 
•  Linux operating system is provides a safe environment as it doesn’t get affected by viruses. Relatively in windows security is a major concern, multiple firewalls need to be installed to protect from viruses. 
•  Linux has various distributions like mint, Ubuntu, elementary OS which is mainly based on kernel and packet management system.

Cons of Linux

•  Linux OS is not a user friendly operating system as it takes some time to get familiar with OS and its components. 
•  Linux operating system lacks hardware compatibility. These systems can only run only on Intel processor. 
•  Linux provides lots of free applications but those applications lack features when it is compared with proprietary applications. 
• Linux doesn’t support many applications and games as windows does. Most of the company make products which is compatible with windows as it is widely used. 
•  Many Linux distros have been developed for ease of use, but still windows is much easier.

Conclusion

           Both the operating system has advantages and disadvantages. Windows is the most user friendly operating system for new computer users. Though Linux takes bit time to master provides a safe environment than windows. My suggestion would be Linux operating system as it is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Instead of spending lot of money on operating system and applications we can spend those money in buying new hardware devices which would be more worthy for future.