MS--Windows Vs Linux

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WINDOWS OS	LINUX OS
The Windows operating system, does not provides the users access to the programming code that forms the basis for foundation of this OS.	Linux OS belongs to the GNU Public License. It provides the access of code to the users of all categories. That code is basis for foundation of Linux OS.
The user must and should belong to some special category to get access to the code,that forms the basis for foundation of this OS.	The user need not belong to some special category to get access to the coding part, which formsthe basis for foundation of the operating system.
The users must and should be bounded to the number of licenses he/she purchases, in case of the Microsoft license policy. Here,no such facility is provided to permit installation of a single application on multiple machines.	In Linux GPL-licensed OS, users are free to modify that software and use and even republish or sell it. GPL helps users to download a single copy of a Linux application and permits to install it on many machines.
The Windows operating system provides some easy methodology. In this,the users do not need to have installation disk for installing it. But the users can buy the 10-cent Ethernet to install it.	If you need to install Linux operating system on a machine, we must hand-pick each piece of hardware or else your installation won’t be up to the mark of expectation.
The users can run the Windows installed machines for numerous years and it even provides various types of help to the users via command line.	We can run a machine running on the Linux OS also for many years without help of the command line[2].
In Windows, we need to know where to find software and install it,by running executable files (.exe files) related to it.	In Linux,we have a centralized location where we can search for, add or remove software co-related to packet management system.
In the case of Windows, the users are needed to connect to internet to install an application.	In linux, the users can install an application without using internet support.
In earlier days the installation of apps on Windows was simpler.	Due to the modifications in the features of OS,the linux supports easy installation of apps.
In Windows, if users want to change the desktop appearance, they have to pay and install a third party application[1].	In case of Linux, users are free to make their desktop appearance in the way they desire.
Windows provides a greater facility for its users by providing various drives like C:, D:,E: and so on. In windows, all the drives are not mounted on a single tree.	Users won’t find "My Documents" on Ubuntu, nor will you find "Program Files" on Fedora. There are no C: or D: drives. But, there is only one single file tree and all our drives are mounted on the tree.
In Windows the users have an “installation package”. In this,the users can install a program only after running the .exe file related to it.	In Linux OS, there exists “package manager”, which acts as a center for browsing, installing, and removing program packages.
Microsoft created the Windows OS, but allows other computer manufacturers to distribute their own computers with Windows pre-installed.	Linux kernel is developed by the community. Linus Torvalds oversees things.
The Windows OS can be installed on PC's desktops, laptops, servers and recently even on some mobile phones.	Linux can be installed on various types of computer hardware, starting from mobiles, tablet computers andvideo game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers.
The file systems that are supported by Windows are “FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT.”[4]	File systems supported by Linux are “Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, Jfs, ReiserFS, Xfs, Btrfs, FAT, FAT32, NTFS”.
The Windows GUI (Graphical User Interface)is an integral component of OS and it cannot be replaceable[5] .	The Linux mainly provides two GUI’s,KDE and GNOME .But there are many alternatives like LXDE, Xfce , Unity, Mate, twm etc.
Windows uses a command shell and each Windows version has a single command interpreter with DOS, recently an optional PowerShell has been added that mostly supports Unix commands.	In the context of Text mode interface, the Linux OS has default shell called “BASH” (Bourne Again Shell). This BASH can support multiple command interpreters.
The price of the Windows OS ranges from $50-$450.	The price of Linux is free, but the help is provided for a certain price.