Linux Vs Windows
 

I have few questions :

A- What is in Linux that is not in Windows XP?
B- Why is Linux better?
C- When is XP better?
D- What developer tools are available in Linux i.e Java etc etc (without downloading)?

Thanks

omg =(
not another one...

A: too much to mention...if you don't wanna learn about it forget it...
B: _much_ faster, more tools, do a task in one step where you require 5 under winblow$, more stable, more secure, more flexible.
C: if you don't like to RTFM and like your P42Ghz to be as fast as you remember your C64 beeing ^^
D: more than under windows without downloading ^^ ....depent's on your distri which tools are included....actually you have more development tools than you can try...for Java use something like Netbeans/Eclipse/Emacs/Vim ...

Several levels of why linux is better in most areas:

Ideology: Free as in Freedom of Speech (check out www.gnu.org) - we release everything, everybody can see exactly what a program does because they can see the source

Stability: Because everybody can see the source, anybody who knows how can fix it. Compare with Windows - only microsoft can fix errors

Some downsides:

Usability: Grandma probably doesn't want to go to the console to do anything, windows xp doesn't even have a console (well, sorta, but its really hidden).

Application Avaliability: If you do web design (seriously) and need the macromedia suite, you should use windows. Flash and Dreamweaver sorta run under wine (www.winehq.org), Fireworks doesn't at all. I have not tried any of the other macromedia programs.
There are other programs with similar situations.

Linux Upside: OpenOffice.org is amazing. And free, MS Office costs well into several hundred dollars for the full suite, OOo costs nothing (well...bandwidth :) ). Similarly, Photoshop costs several hundred dollars, the Gimp (while very different, just as functional) costs nothing. This pattern goes on over and over again in many different areas. From the kernel (linux itself) to Office suite, to image editing.

I think I've covered A-C so far, as for D...
Let me ask you this, what development tools are automaticly included in windows?
D depends on many issues - gcc (a c compiler) is included in almost every single distribution, but some are hamstrung and don't actually work (just there for compatability).

You can download gcc (with components let you compile c,c++,fortran, java, lots of other random stuff), you can download perl, ruby, tcl, many other programming and scripting languages. Under X, there are many IDEs availaible for programming (Eclipse for Java...so on).

I think this should have answered your question, just ask more if you want to know more.

I want you to read this sticky thread please: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=103564

And maybe you'll understand why I'm closing this thread as we don't yet need another Linux vs. Windows thread. We have plenty of them and you should really contribute to them before starting newer ones.

Regards.

PS. If you feel this thread should not be closed for any reason, email me privately to discuss this.