Both Linux and Windows are operating systems. Linux is Unix-Like computer operating system based on free and open source software development whereas Windows is a graphical interface operating system developed by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced operating system in 1985.
Most of the person thinks that Windows is a good choice as an operating system as it is graphical in nature, it looks that a newbie can also learn windows very easily but if you use linux then you may be familiar and comfortable with linux as well.
Linux advantages over Windows
Open Source - Linux is an open source as it is developed by open source development i.e through sharing of code, features through forums and distributed by different vendors.
Windows is not a open source platform and is developed by Microsoft.
Free to Use - Linux is free source and can be distributed freely, can be downloaded freely. There are priced versions of Linux also but that are also cheaper as compared to Windows.
Manufacturer - Linux torvalds originally developed kernel at the university of Helsinki in Helsinki, Finland. Windows was developed by Microsoft.
Terminals - Linux has its basic terminal(CLI) to work on whereas Windows has MS-DOS.
Secure - Linux is more secure as compared to Windows. Linux is having the concept of repositories, package management, boot securing features and many more that makes Linux a secure operating system.
Windows is more observed to be in case of attacks (or hacks), threats, malware and there are different Antivirus in the market to keep windows secure from external attacks. Linux doesn't require any antivirus to make it secure but still there are some software's that can be used to keep your system free from Viruses, threats.
File System - Linux supports different file systems like Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, Reiserfs, Jfs, Xfs, FAT, FAT32, NTFS.
Windows supports FAT, FAT32, NTFS and exFAT.
Text Interface - Linux has its default shell - Bourne Again Shell (BASH) and it can support different interpreters.
Windows has its Ms-Dos command and has a single interpreter with each version of windows. They have a recently Powershell that can be used as a Unix-like commands.
Programming - Linux is programmed in C. whereas windows is programmed in Assembly language, C, C++.
Best Choice for Programmers - Linux supports most of the languages like C, C++, Ruby, Perl, Python which makes favourable for programmers. Linux has inbuilt libraries to work with and get the work done easily. It uses Yum (Redhat, Centos - Linux flavours) , apt-get (Ubuntu) as package managers to manage, update and install the packages whatever required in an easy way. Linux gives the structure where it can be clearly seen how any task is being done but this is not in the case of Windows. Windows has graphical interface and with the click of a button we can do the work but we can't check the internal process how it is working in the backend.
Linux community - If you stuck in your way, you can take help from web or search for your queries. You can post a thread on Linux forums and you will get the response for your queries.
Efficient - If someone stuck in their task in Windows the solution for this may be to restart the system to get back to the track again. Linux does not bother you to reboot your system in these cases.
Privacy - Linux distribution does not collect much data of the users which is a good solution for privacy stuff. Whereas Windows collects much of the data of the users which again comes with the privacy of the users.
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