Linux or Windows Operating System?

For fedora users, fedora frog

http://easylinux.info/wiki/Fedora_frog

Whao! i just said bye bye to ma windows os. I now have a card reader which works perfectly on ma linux box. so i can easily copy ma songs into ma 128Mb MMS flash stick 20times the speed of a sony ericsson sync station.
i love fedora core 5

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Yeah, I have. I'm currently running MEPIS. That question was for eveseh -- she just jumped in and replied "Windows" and I was sure she hadn't used Linux before.

There's lots of graphics on Linux. Do some exploration -- you could use GNOME, KDE or Enlightenment.

I prefer windows.  Everyday, I see people struggling with linux, this that or the other is not supported. . .

Or, there is no stable build for PHP in Debian and arguments back and forth as to using debian over ubuntu or other crap.

I'll stick with windows.  All my devices work.  The problems I have are rare.  If someone develops something new, I don't have to wait, hope, or develop the drivers myself.

In every other regard, windows is just as user friendly or friendless as linux.  The stress levels of the system admins in my dept (windows) and the cs dept (linux) seem to be the same.  Actually, our sys admin never seems stressed out at all.

People claim that linux offers the out of the box experience - everything up and running within 30 minutes, no need to  install other third party apps AFTER installing the OS.  Well, you can do it with windows.  In factI experienced it a few weeks ago when I got a new machine.  Connected it to the network and went to the Sys admin.  He reimaged the machine and within 30 minutes, I had everything, XP, antivirus, office, matlab, and tons of other software necessary in my work - not to mention all drivers installed, etc.

In my experience, the difference is a matter of taste and ideology, not functionality or even cost.  Though linux is technically "free" for those who see huge costs from licensing and supporting systems - ie major companies and universities - studies (as well as company sys admins) have repeatedly shown that linux costs about the same as windows.

To the regular consumer, almost every machine you buy comes preloaded with windows.  It's built into the price of your machine. . . so, you don't notice it as a line item when acquiring your new machine.  Assuming you only operate one machine at a time, even if you upgrade to a new one, you can migrate your licensed copy of windows.

The security argument is just as full of holes.

Lets see, is there anything else?

I'm a Linux fan myself but I'll have to agree with allonym on this stuff. The points he talked about are what I've considered but still prefer Linux. Basically I call it how I see it and I call a spade a spade.

I moved to Linux mainly because as a Computer Science student it just don't sound right to be unfamiliar with it or any other Unix based OS for that matter. In fact a prospective employer at one of the bigget IT company told us during our Industrial Placement presentation: "If you want us to refuse you then don't learn Linux!".

In the industry there are things Linux are better at than Windows and there are those Windows are better at (or maybe more suitable/appropraite for!) than Linux. But as a typical desktop PC for homeuse, running Windows will always be an advantage. The fact is, and as allonym put it, "it's a matter of taste and idealogy". But I'll also like to add awareness and familiarity to that because some people may like Linux if they ever were aware of it or gain familiarity with it.

I run both on my machine but I tend to use the Windows for DVD or watch TV. I use Linux more often because actually like the challenges it gives, it's raw and purer, and given that I've only been running it less than a year I can also build on my familairity ans experience with it. But then I'll agree this is all because I'm in IT and can find my way round it due to my knowledge (plus little experience with Solaris) than the ordinary user wanting a PC for personal homeuse.

Here's a very good, realistic, unbiased. and useful article on this topic:http://www.michaelhorowitz.com/Linux.vs.Windows.html

Let's just say that we all love to hate anything Micro$oft!  
We say Windows sucks but Linux doesn't,
DirectX sucks but OpenGL doesn't,
and the obvious lie - IE sucks but Firefox doesn't

@IAH,
i didnt post that to spite linux user.
I don't have a windows installation on my system and i don't plan to so i can't compare OSes but all i wanted was anyone who was doing correctly what i was doing incorrectly

besides if you think IE is better than firefox. all i can say is

OH MY GAWD!!!

No body here is talking about Solaris here and unix!!!

I started using linux for over a year now and is pretty good for server envrion especially for web developers, it's the best server for hosting website and for core firewall if you no how to configure it in real time. I started with fedora-core 4 but no i want to move to redhat enterprise 4 because fedora distro to my knowlege and from redhat state that, fedora is use in very low security area where security is not an issue but redhat in production environ where security is at its maximum. Another distro i think is one of the best out there but i have never use it at all is debien, before i try learning linux i was pure microsoft guy but now am a mixture of those NOS including solaris. i currently run solaris 10 on my network lab,  Now i just use linux for my firewall and VPN server and some other services. But I still tell poeple that off all those good thing about linux, i still believe microsft is still on top if talk about firewall, go check Ms ISA Server 2006,  for your firewall and VPN Connectivity,  In VPn deployment microsoft is still at the top in VPN security, with its VPN qurantinee embedded with Server 2003 SP1 and Ms Isa Server 2004 & 6.

Domain Enverion, Microsoft Server is still at top!  but notwithstanding must of this solution are good depending on who is configuring it, there is no matter how you configure a linux server for firewall and still allow some on use port open, it will not close its self and same go to microsoft solution for firewall and any server plateform but the best is deploying DMZ network seperately!!!!

For the guy talking about firefore, i tell most poeple before to use firefore only on servers and maybe on workstations too, i don't recommend IE for server systems b'because of some issues, but microsft has come to change my mind with it's new release of IE-7, the beta 2 is pretty them good in terms of the security features inbult,

Umm, what kind of backup do you require?  A notarized statement where I describe the numerous devices I've used with my windows machine w/o incident along with copies of website logs and notarized statements from linux users who struggle to use the same things with their machine?

Video confessions? testimonials?  What would it take?

But with all these, one would expect that my silly c++ designed *.exe program would be easy to open on my KDE Linux, but,  <Rolls Eyes, AND nose>

Niggy, I love ur contributions on the forum.please I am interested in the mandrake 10 cds how do I get them?

Now Drusilla's a geek? Hmmmmmm.

niggy thanks alot for ur advice.is there a way i could get the mandriva 2006 release,I have friends at OAU you might pass it through them .

n.b I don't mind paying