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Choosing your Right Operating System - Windows or Linux?

Windows has been the choice of Operating system for a long time, for most of the computer users. The main reason for this is its user interface and software compatibility. There are also other operating systems available for use today. The other most widely used OS is the Linux distribution. Linux is an open source OS that is available for use under various distribution such as Ubuntu, Red Hat Linux, OpenSuSE, etc. An advantage of linux over other OS is that it is TOTALLY FREE and can be modified according to the user requirements by modifying the source code.

Lets discussed advantages and disadvantages of these OS. Some advantages of Windows are very user friendly graphical interface, ease of installation and greater compatibility with most hardware. Another reason for the popularity of Windows is the games and software available for use such as Photoshop, AutoCAD, Matlad are available for Windows which are extensively used by many people.If there are advantages, there are also disadvanatages of this OS. One of those many disadvantages and the most common and irritating problem with the Windows OS are virus and trojan attacks which almost each and every computer user faces this problem. Linux on the other hand is extremely fast and makes minimum use of processors resources and gives maximum performance. One of the biggest advantages of using Linux is that there is NO NEED for any antivirus program to protect the PC from viruses, since viruses DO NOT AFFECT Linux file system.