10. Some common reasons that many
claim make Linux better than Windows
• Linux is customizable whereas Windows is not.
• Linux has a very good security as you can log on to Linux only with a
user id and password.
• Linux can boot from either a primary partition or a logical partition
inside an extended partition, whereas Windows must boot from a
primary partition.
• Linux can be booted from any hard disk in the computer, whereas
Windows must be booted from the first hard disk.
• Linux uses a normal forward slash, whereas Windows separates
directories with a back slash.
• Linux file names are case sensitive, whereas Windows file names
are not case sensitive.
• Both, Linux and Windows support the concept of hidden files
11. linux
Linux, on the hand, 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.
However, the term Linux has come to refer to
the full fledged operating systems built with the
Linux kernel. These should be correctly called as
Linux distributions or Linux-based operating
systems. Some of the popular Linux distributions
include Ubuntu, Fedora, SuSE and Debian.