Linux Versus Windows NT

Comparing network operating systems is very similar to comparing apples and oranges. It is judged whether basic functions of each operating system for different network environments are too broad to draw reasonable conclusions. However, we may discuss the pros and cons of Unix-based Linux operating system and infamous Windows NT operating system. You can compare and contrast these two operating systems, but as I rely entirely on various situations, such as various network environments, off-the-shelf applications, and most important things, I can take a strong position can not.

Taste: There are many kinds of Windows and Linux. Windows has two main lines, "Win9x" consisting of Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, and Me, and "NT class" consists of Windows NT, 2000, and XP. The style of Linux is called release (it may be abbreviated until release). All versions of Windows come from Microsoft and the various Linux distributions come from the graphical user interface of various companies (Red Hat, Caldera, Mandrake). Both Linux and Windows provide GUI and command line interface. The Windows GUI has been changed from Windows 1 to Windows 95 (large), Windows 2000 (slight) to Windows XP (very large). Windows XP is the first version of Windows that allows you to select a GUI. It can be used with the new GUI or Windows 2000 and Windows 9x. Linux usually provides two GUIs, KDE and Gnome.

The most obvious difference between NT and Linux is that NT is trying to incorporate the familiar Windows graphical user interface into the server environment. Ideally, webmasters can maintain NT (and its bundled Web server, Microsoft Internet Information Server, also known as IIS) by mainly pointing and clicking. NT also bundles a set of Microsoft proprietary site development tools. On the other hand, Linux is based on the long-changing Unix command line culture tradition. Learning Unix from the beginning is more difficult (or at least difficult) than learning a Windows system, but UNIX users who have surmounted the initial learning curve have the pleasure of trying to do the same work at the same job It rarely to express. Windows environment When your local system administrator (system administrator) has to get up from his Linux workstation to repair your PC you will observe "Windows anger"

On the server side, Unix is ​​focusing on Microsoft's market share. In 1999, Linux became the second largest server operating system next to Windows NT through Novell's Netware. In 2001, the Linux operating system market share was 25% and the other UNIX flavor was 12%. On the customer side, Microsoft currently dominates the operating system market with a market share of over 90%. Due to Microsoft's aggressive marketing practices, millions of users who do not know what the operating system is are using the Windows operating system when purchasing PCs. Many other people do not know about other operating systems besides Windows. However, you are reading articles about the operating system, which may mean that you are going to make conscious operating system decisions for home use or organization. In this case, especially if the following are relevant to your environment, you should at least consider Linux / Unix.