Windows vs Linux
WINDOWS
VS
LINUX
Ali Elreda
ENG 352-456
Professor Moylan
3/16/2013
Table of Contents
Abstract This article is a comparison between two similar but yet different operating systems Microsoft Windows and Linux. One will have a clear idea about each of these systems and would not find it difficult choosing between them. An operating system is somewhat a software program that connects the users with the hardware of the computer. Without an operating system a computer is useless. There are many different operating systems in the world today. One can argue that Microsoft Windows is the top selling operating system today, while Linux is in the top ten. The purpose of this article is to discuss different features of these two systems for example, price, and ease of use, reliability, software, software cost, hardware, security and support.
Principle
As mentioned before, operating systems are mandatory in computers. Without these OS there is no use for computers. “Once the operating system has started up, it manages all of the software and hardware on the computer. Most of the time, there are many different programs running at the same time, and they all need to access your computer’s Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory, and storage. The operating system coordinated all of this to make sure that each program gets what it needs. Without the operating system, the software wouldn’t even be able to talk to the hardware, and the computer would be useless.”[1]
History of Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is arguably the number one operating system in the world. Before Windows came along, in 1980 Gates and his classmate Ballmer discovered an operating system named Microsoft Disk Operating System. After users had difficulties in this system Gates and Ballmer worked on a new and easy design for an OS. In 1985, Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, released the first ever Windows OS, which was called Windows 1.0 at the time. From 1987 to 1992,
VS
LINUX
Ali Elreda
ENG 352-456
Professor Moylan
3/16/2013
Table of Contents
Abstract This article is a comparison between two similar but yet different operating systems Microsoft Windows and Linux. One will have a clear idea about each of these systems and would not find it difficult choosing between them. An operating system is somewhat a software program that connects the users with the hardware of the computer. Without an operating system a computer is useless. There are many different operating systems in the world today. One can argue that Microsoft Windows is the top selling operating system today, while Linux is in the top ten. The purpose of this article is to discuss different features of these two systems for example, price, and ease of use, reliability, software, software cost, hardware, security and support.
Principle
As mentioned before, operating systems are mandatory in computers. Without these OS there is no use for computers. “Once the operating system has started up, it manages all of the software and hardware on the computer. Most of the time, there are many different programs running at the same time, and they all need to access your computer’s Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory, and storage. The operating system coordinated all of this to make sure that each program gets what it needs. Without the operating system, the software wouldn’t even be able to talk to the hardware, and the computer would be useless.”[1]
History of Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is arguably the number one operating system in the world. Before Windows came along, in 1980 Gates and his classmate Ballmer discovered an operating system named Microsoft Disk Operating System. After users had difficulties in this system Gates and Ballmer worked on a new and easy design for an OS. In 1985, Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, released the first ever Windows OS, which was called Windows 1.0 at the time. From 1987 to 1992,