Difference between Linux and Window Operating System

What is Difference between Linux and Window Operating System?

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Difference between Linux and Window operating system:

Linux:

Technically is a kernel. A kernel is the central component of many operating systems. The Linux kernel was first released on 5 October 1991 by Linus Torvalds in Helsinki University Finland. It is Flavor of Unix operating system. It is 64 bits operating system. It is Freeware operating system.

Window:

Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems 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.

License:

Linux: GNU(General Public Liecense)

Window: Proprietary(Microsoft)

Developer:

Linux: Linux is developed by Linus Torvalds (Open source).

Window: It is developed by Bill Gates (Microsoft).

User Mode:

Linux: There are two mode in Linux such as CLI and GUI mode.

Window: There are only one mode in Window such as GUI mode.


Programmed:

Linux: C

Window: C, C++, Assembly


Source Code:

Linux: It is a open source operating system.

Window: Source code is closed of Window operating system by Mircosoft.



Login user at a time:

Linux: You can login wiht 7 users at a same time.

Window: You can login only one user in a same time.

Security:

Linux: It provides more powerfull security because there are around 70 to 100 virused in linux.

Window: It provides less security because there are more thatn 70,000 virused in window operating system.

File Formats:

Linux: It support 32 file system such as Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, NTFS, JSF, XFS etc.

Window: It support only 3 file system such as Fat16, Fat32, NTFS.

Built-in Administrator:

Linux: Root has previliage to work Everything in Linux operatins system.

Window: Administrator has previliage to work everything in window operating system

Usage:

Linux: Linux can be installed in wide variety of computer hardware. such Tablet, computers, video game console, supercomputers, laptop

Window: It's used mostly in desktops, laptops, server.

Package/Software extension:

Linux: Linux support .rpm

Window: Windows support .exe and .msi

Boot loader:

Linux: Linux bootloader name is GRUB.

Window: Windows bootloader name is MBR.

Flabour of operating system:

Linux: Ubuntu, Suse, Redhat, Debian, Mix, Arch Linux etc.

Window: Window server 2003,2008,2012, Window Vista, Window 7, Window XP, Window 10 etc.