Anyone could tell me what's the major difference between WINDOWS and LINUX ?

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Open and closed source...

@ScribeOfGoD i was also thinking that

One takes your time and the other one takes your data.

I am not an expert on this topic but Windows is an OS and linux is 'just' the kernel and a lot of OSs (distros) are built on top of it.
Like I said I am not an expert on this so maybe @linuxxx could help here :)

Linux is made for servers in mind, Windows is made for casual users, with user experience and security in mind.

I recently read Linux has some security flaws with GUI which is still not fixed because Linux is not targeted for GUI. The flaw was it is possible for maicious programs spoof password- all you need to do is create a dialog that asks for admin password just like the one that pops up when linux system ask for admin password to install updates. There's nothing stopping that.

GUI wise, Linux is not secure as most claim it to be.

One is spyware and the other isnt.

Both have different words

Nailed it.

Freedom and choice

So which one is better ? @HoloDreamer

One has a penguin as a logo and one doesn't.

@Vaibhavkumar
That’s a question that starts wars.

Both for different reasons.

The kernel is different. This causes windows to have case insensitive path and filenames where linux and MacOS have case sensitive filenames.

@HoloDreamer Linux does not have a gui, it is a kernel.

In one word: everything.

@monolithicblob Unix is the kernel right? Linux is a group with operating systems. Thats what Ive been taught at school.

@Codex404 what? Linux is just a kernel, nothing more. It needs additional software to become useful. Unix has not really anything to do with it.

@Codex404
Unix is the precursor to Linux (which is based off of Minix), BSD, and currently Darwin, which is what macOS is based on.

Linux itself is just the kernel, but distributions add things into the kernel in order to make it into an actual operating system. This is partly why people fight to call the usable part "GNU/Linux" as opposed to purely "Linux", as the GNU utilities are a good person of what you see when you boot up a Linux distro.

@RiderExMachina GNU/Linux is Unix-like OS, but the others you mentioned are certified Unixes. Just to point out.

@kpenc Just to make clear, linux is not derived from unix!

- completely different kernel
- one is open source and one is closed
- one is commercial and one is a 'community' project

@Vaibhavkumar Both are good, has advantages in their own way. It mostly depends on environment / work that you are trying to do on it.

I don't understand why people has this urge to undermine one over other and divide the community when it is possible to stay content with their choices and just mind their own business..

So if i go for professional work (job) it won't make a difference if i m using windows or Linux ? @linuxxx @kpenc @HoloDreamer

@Vaibhavkumar Depends, in my case I need Redis which literally doesn't run on windows :). But although I recommend linux, it's up to you!

@linuxxx docker¿

@Vaibhavkumar not really, depending on what kind of dev you are. For webdevs it doesnt matter.

@Codex404 I have one major issue with Docker, being that I can't set a space limitation. Next to that, on every device I've used it (Linux/Windows both), after a few days the CPU/RAM usage goes to the fucking op.

@linuxxx never had that issue, have it running on my server for 3 months now, usage isnt going up.

@Vaibhavkumar it will make a difference. I used to use Ubuntu at work but recently we discovered that some features were not working as intended on ubuntu vs windows. Since target users are Windows users, i was told to use Windows for development.

@HoloDreamer its depending on what kind of dev you are. It might matter, it might not

@RiderExMachina @linuxxx @HoloDreamer @Codex404 what's the benefit of using linux over windows ?

Most of your questions are in Google, mate. Usually the first place you're supposed to go if you have a question

@Vaibhavkumar
Personally, I feel more at home with the Cinnamon DE than I do the Windows environment.

It's also nice to be able to program in most languages ootb. Installing packages is as simple as [<package manager> install <package>] for most programs.

To be fair though, if the program isn't in the repositories it's slightly harder to install.

Another thing is that I just prefer to use open source software, as I know it's not going to show me ads or just be nefarious in general, and Linux is very much the best way to use those programs.