Windows vs Linux

[Blackbird_SR-71]

let the discussion go....

what does Linux offer that Windows XP Pro doesn't have other than being open-source (which i do agree with and support)?

 

[Souron]

I beleive it is immune to all spyware and viruses, becouse most of those are designed for Windows.

 

[Jeratain]

I beleive it is immune to all spyware and viruses, becouse most of those are designed for Windows.

Half right, half wrong. Most Linux distros are not more secure unless customized to be more secure. You are right in saying that many viruses may not affect Linux systems because most of those are designed for Windows systems, but Linux is far from immune to viruses.

As far as the pros and cons of both styles of operating systems: It depends on what you need to do.

They are both good operating systems if configured and used properly.

 

[Grisu]

As far as the pros and cons of both styles of operating systems: It depends on what you need to do.

They are both good operating systems if configured and used properly.

full ack

one thing I really like about linux is that you can install exactly the applications/tools that you need/want and not a single one more. it is a great OS for people who know what they're doing. it is however still not really suitable for the average desktop user since configuring it need more effort than configuring windows (IMHO)

 

[Reno]

Altering setting in Linux is a jump to the 80's (Wich is bad to somebody who never had a 286, 486, etc) and most games & (Windows) programs don't work in Linux unleass you use Wine.

However Linux has almost no virus or spyware problems, like Windows users have...

 

[hbdragon88]

The mere mention of "Linux" screams "COMPUTER GEEK!" and paints a picture of a nerd or geek sitting at the computer getting their cool and leet OS to start up. Part of the geek association is that it's open-source, technically-taliored, and completely customizable. Most people can't envision or want to take that time, when they have a "if it works, don't change it" attitude.

So if you want to impress people, go get Linux.

 

[Jeratain]

However, Linux isn't as vulnerable to viruses or spyware, since the majority of those are written for Windows systems...

Fixed

As far as I see it, Linux can either be an extreme joy, or an extreme burden. It all depends on what you need to do.

 

[Grisu]

The mere mention of "Linux" screams "COMPUTER GEEK!" and paints a picture of a nerd or geek sitting at the computer getting their cool and leet OS to start up. Part of the geek association is that it's open-source, technically-taliored, and completely customizable. Most people can't envision or want to take that time, when they have a "if it works, don't change it" attitude.

So if you want to impress people, go get Linux.

yeah, and having stuff like this

using mwait in idle threads.
CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 16K  
CPU: L2 cache: 1024K  CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0  
CPU: After all inits, caps:        bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000080  
Intel machine check architecture supported.  
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.  
CPU0: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE MSRs (12) available  
CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled  Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.  
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.  
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.  
CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping 04  per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 2925.86 usecs.  task migration cache decay timeout: 3 msecs.  Booting processor 1/1 eip 3000  
Initializing CPU#1  
Calibrating delay loop... 5980.16 BogoMIPS (lpj=2990080)
CPU: After generic identify, caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000  
CPU: After vendor identify, caps:  bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000  monitor/mwait feature present.  CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 16K  
CPU: L2 cache: 1024K 
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0  
CPU: After all inits, caps:        bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000080  Intel machine check architecture supported.  
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1.  CPU1: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE MSRs (12) available 
CPU1: Thermal monitoring enabled  
CPU1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping 04  Total of 2 processors activated (11878.40 BogoMIPS).  
ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs  ..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=-1  checking TSC synchronization across 2 CPUs: passed.  Brought up 2 CPUs  
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (ungzip failed); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 4328k freed

scroll by at bootup is so much more impressive than that lame flying window