Windows vs. Linux?

There has been written alot about this, i know, but i wanted to share my insight to subject.

There are people out there that belive there is no real difference between the two OS, like if Linux just invented the plate again. But this is of course not true in any way, yes its true the way a OS works depends on the setup and skills of the admin. But this does not mean that there are not a difference between Windows and Linux or the many different Linux OS out there (even that they share, the same kernel in some cases).

The main difference between windows and Linux is that Windows is closed source and Linux is Open Source, now some of you might think: yes, and?

Well, this means that with 3 party driver and suchs, you are able to install it directly into the kernel (core) of a Linux OS. But not with a windows, since its closed. This in return means that you will have a better integrated system with Linux, then with Windows and of course this has influence on your OS as a whole. It might get more unstabile, more slow and even have security risks on a windows.

There are of course also other difference between the two like messenger in windows has a lot of ads, where in a Linux you are in a ad free desktop. Linux does not need to run Antivirus and you have a lot of freedom to choose between 10,000+ software packages from a software manager (apt, yum or pacman).This can be used to change your desktop, you could use gnome, KDE, Fluxbox, Xfce or such as desktop.

You also get a lot of tools and default software like Openoffice (linux version of Office), putty (SSH), gftp (ftp client), pidgin (gnome messenger), kopete (kde messenger) and such of a high quality. The best part with Linux and Open Source is that most of it is free and this means you dont have to steal a windows to get a OS, you can just run Linux. ;)

There of course is more software currently to windows and in paticular more games, but if you want high quality games why not buy a playstation or you could just setup a Linux with wine (windows emulator), cedega (game version of wine), snes (super nintendo games) or Vmvare (virtual machines).

The reason there are more software to Windows is only because more people use it, if they used Linux then there would be made more games and software for that OS. ;)