For the games I like, Linux > Windows.

As far as games, I don't really care that much. If it's Windows-only, fine. I still have WinXP on my main desktop dual-booted w/ Ubuntu, so I can reboot if I want to do some Portalling around.

Most of my gaming habits are "casual", i.e. I don't do a lot of FPSes or other such action-oriented games anymore (other than maybe a racing game, vvvrrrooom! ). I used to really like OpenArena, but I just got kinda bored with it eventually...

If the game is cross-platform, then double-awesome! Neverball is (IMO) a great example of a nice, polished, fun cross-platform computer game, and I play it regularly (in cheat mode though, so I can explore the levels freely...some of the levels are ridiculously hard for me, so I have a hard time unlocking them like you're supposed to )

Well really,

Linux > Windows, except for proprietary applications.

Not Linux's fault mind you, but still a huge downfall for anyone used to those applications and games.


Personally, I prefer a triple/dual boot. Linux rocks though, it's so much better in so many areas and I really hope it gets some more support from these guys. Unfortunately, I don't think it will

It's a matter of preference, I suppose, but I agree 100% with you.

All of my gaming is done under Linux. And, yet, I have friends who can't live without Windows for the same reasons. Makes no sense to me whatsoever...
I guess it depends upon what you need to do in a proprietary application that can't be done with an open source alternative. Linux, and open source software in general, have come a long way in this regard over the past decade or so.

It has, but if I want to use Adobe CS5 or play the latest Call of Duty game, Linux is near powerless here. You're very right though, just in the couple of years I have been using Linux I have seen some dramatic improvements myself.

Hi

Can some one tell me why linux is better than windows?
i know the reason its because of ease,low price,open source,good support ,more secured,hardware compatible and more reliable.

But i want to at the technical level or at system level or i can say at kernel level how is linux better than windows...

expect guru's to answer this or give me some links to read on net.

Regards,
Prayag

Hello,

You can start reading all about it here.

Seriously, this question has been asked about a million times all over the internet.

Kind regards,

Eric

Do you mean that you want to study the Linux kernel architecture and the Windows operating system architecture and then compare the too ?

GNU/Linux has better system software, when Windows has better application software.

Why was this thread moved here? I thought General was a much better place for it.

Edit: As far as Microsoft goes, scram! Off these forums; you deserve no place here, especially to advertise.

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Windows kernel, at least original for NT was actually much better then Linux kernel in those days. Designers came from DEC (~20 of them) where they worked on new version of VMS until DEC pulled the plug on that project.

Windows 2000 was continuation of NT, with all of the positive sides. Interesting is that driver developers complained that writing drivers on NT was too hard, since they had to do it in the correct way, no shortcuts to make it easy and dirty. When Windows XP came out, most of the security layers where turned off to allow execution of Windows 95 programs and allowed mindless idiots to use it with out having to learn anything. It also allowed viruses and malware to plague and Security program developers to earn bundles of money.

here are a couple of important reasons why I think linux is better than windows.

1) Linux goes back to the early days of Unix, this was an OS that ran on a single machine with the resources being shared with multiple users, 'file attributes, users, groups and passwords' were a mechanism for keeping the data secure even though it was on the same computer
******* Windows was developed from the early days of DOS, which was a single users architecture, the operator was an administrator and no password was needed to log on, (this is one of the factors why windows has so many viruses)

2) Linux is built from a very forward thinking POSIX standard, which was laid down very early on and has seen very little change (but has been improved), this has allowed the kernel to mature in a consistent way giving developers an open and solid framework to program in.
******* windows however has been obsessed with making money, this has led to updates and improvements which have improved microsofts profits but not really helped the end user.

3) Linux uses the 'ELF' binary structure which is 32/64 bit (interestingly there is a provision for 65535 different bus architectures and we are currently on number 2 (64 bit) with 1 being (32 bit) which was specified very early on (this really is future proof!!), this header has seen very little change over the years (this is why very old linux binaries can still work today)
******* windows was specifically targeted at the X86 processor and has seen so many different header structures and embedded information it is a basket of snakes.

4) Linux has been developed by free thinking enthusiastic programmers (FREE as in they can do what they like as there is no boss to control them), the ultimate goal was to pimp their operating system so that it became easier to get their work done, these ideas and improvements were often shared and added to the kernel if and when they became popular, less popular ideas just fell off the end into oblivion. ******* Windows has been developed by programmers who work under a strict environment with the emphasis on making money (PROOF: look at how wealthy bill gates is)

5) The linux kernel only has ONE gateway (LSCI linux system call interface) it is very similar to how DOS was called, you set parameters in the registers and then call the kernel, all hardware under linux is given a unique directory and filename, so it is possible to plug a joystick into a USB socket and then read off the 16 bit values directly from the binary file that linux creates (easy peasy which is why linux is the most popular embedded OS especially on an ARM.. see gumstix)
******* windows has its nasty little tendrils into almost every thing, int 010 (graphics) int 021 (file system) int 02f (dpmi) int 067 (extpanded memory) the list goes on, linux however only uses int 080 which is smack bang in the middle allowing easy portability to other hardware platforms, unlike windows which is stuck. windows is not open and does not like sharing resource information so it does not have a /proc directory etc.

6) I have been programming computers since 1981, I exclusivly code mission critical software in assembler on embedded devices ranging from DSP on sensor devices to SLAM on autonomous robots, I DO NOT do any programming under windows because in my opinion it is a sub standard, slow and unreliable platform, it has always been this way and in my opinion it always will be.

recap.

'POSIX, ELF, MONOLITHIC, a single LSCI and GNU ethos and developers who love their platform' this is why linux is better than windows.

'LICENSES, PROFFIT and developers who want to keep their jobs' is why windows will never be better than linux
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Now if someone could remove the GUI, and put the LSCI,file system architecture and BASH onto this
http://www.menuetos.net/
you would truly have the most powerfull operating system in the universe.
I wish I had the time.

graham

Don't "expect" anything from any forum, there are no guarantees.
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