Windows

The Windows line of Operating Systems is the most popular of all the Operating Systems today, and is used on roughly 98% of all the worlds computers. Not bad considering it's obsure start into the Operating System markets all those years ago.

A brief timeline of Windows at it's versions:

These days you will find Windows XP to be the general operating system used, and it has evolved over the many years into quite a rock solid, reliable Operating System from the Windows95/98 days. Some of the key features to Windows XP:

Older versions of Win95/98 where just a mixture of 16/32 bit code and was why they where so unstable and crashed constantly. Windows XP is the first truly 32-BIT OS for Home Users, and even if something crashes it does not halt the entire system.

If you have Windows 95/98/ME then I would strongly suggest you upgrade to Windows XP.

If you have an older computer, such as a:
I386 I486 Pentium CPU
AMD K6 CPU

Then I would suggest you try out linux. If you have the time to learn it, it is very stable Operating System and is 100% free. If you want to use the latest hardware, or are a gamer, then stick with Windows.

 

Linux

Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus had an interest in Minix, a small UNIX system, and decided to develop a system that exceeded the Minix standards. He began his work in 1991 when he released version 0.02 and worked steadily until 1994 when version 1.0 of the Linux Kernel was released. The current full-featured version is 2.4 (released January 2001) and development continues.

Linux is developed under the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available to everyone. This however, doesn't mean that Linux and its assorted distributions are free -- companies and developers may charge money for it as long as the source code remains available. Linux may be used for a wide variety of purposes including networking, software development, and as an end-user platform. Linux is often considered an excellent, low-cost alternative to other more expensive operating systems.

Due to the very nature of Linux's functionality and availability, it has become quite popular worldwide and a vast number of software programmers have taken Linux's source code and adapted it to meet their individual needs. At this time, there are dozens of ongoing projects for porting Linux to various hardware configurations and purposes.

Some Key Features of Linux:

 


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