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Old 03-03-2009, 09:47 PM   #1
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what are the sifference between linux and windows


what are the sifference between linux and windows???????????????????
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Old 03-03-2009, 09:50 PM   #2
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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-...nux+vs+windows

Once you can ask a concrete question, don't hesitate to post back if you need. You will need to be more concrete if you truly expect a meaningful answer.

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Old 03-03-2009, 10:39 PM   #3
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They are different operating systems.

Linux is able to read MS Windows filessystems (msdos, vfat, ntfs) by using the appropriate filesystem modules that are usually installed by default. Reading Linux-specific filesystems on Windows requires special software.

Linux is able to execute MS Windows binary executable applications by means of emulation (wine is the tool for this) - this seems to work for many applications, though not for all. You can run Windows as a virtual system in Linux. Windows doesn't care about Linux executables, but you can run them either compiling from source code on Windows or by installing Linux in a virtual system (like VMware or VMplayer or VirtualBox or Quemu).

Several applications are available for both Linux, Windows, BSD and Macintosh systems (one such example is OpenOffice).

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Old 03-03-2009, 11:22 PM   #4
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Read this and you will get an understanding
 
Old 03-04-2009, 07:06 AM   #5
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kamal;

After reviewing your posting history, I think this is a very strange question for you to be asking. Please give us some kind of context.

Rather than ask the differences, why not ask what is the same? For example, they both claim to be Operating Systems, but some question whether the latter really qualifies....
 
  


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