Thread: Windows or Linux?

Originally Posted by SunSpyda

I'm sorry in advance for the capital letters....:001_tongue:



I said when I made this thread;
GIVE REASONS WHY

There is really no point setting up a thread to discuss which OS people prefer, if people aren't going to give reasons.

If you think Windows is best, then prove it by giving a reason why...

Agree with this, a discussion is useless if you don't provide reason why you think of it the way you do. =)

I actually triple boot my computer! I used to run just Windows XP, then decided to dual-boot and try Ubuntu. Now I also have Vista. Why I use each:

XP: For when Vista and Linux just can't seem to cooperate with a program or peripheral
Vista: Gaming, unless I want to use my PS2-controller adapter (see above), because being able to use all 4GB of RAM is nice (XP isn't 64 bit)
Ubuntu: Just to play around with. It doesn't like my sound card much (Creative X-Fi) but making the switch from Windows is sort of like being handed a room full of alien toys and trying to figure out what they do. :001_smile:

Originally Posted by Shinkiro

like being handed a room full of alien toys and trying to figure out what they do. :001_smile:

Hehe....

Yeah I love messing around with things I don't understand... I remember the first time I used the Windows 98 MSDOS mode.

"Format c:... I wonder what that does?... Let's find out!"

I wouldn't touch a command line for a year after that...:001_tongue:

Originally Posted by SunSpyda

"Format c:... I wonder what that does?... Let's find out!"

Wonder what that does indeed. =p Probably super power mode. =p I should try it out once. ^^

And I understand you didn't dared to touch a command line for a while after that. =p It tends to some damage to your data. ;)

And I also love messing with stuff I don't know yet. ^^ Learning new things all around. =) Also just love the idea behind freedom. =)
And Linux is okay to, it will eventually all get better. ^^ Can't wait till I am going to reinstall my laptop, fresh windows xp install and Arch Linux. =) Maybe even a triple boot with another Linux distro, don't know which yet. =)

COUGH*Redhat or Backtrack*COUGH

:P

Backtrack USB edition is a very interesting Linux distro. WPA cracking from a USB drive....

Originally Posted by SunSpyda

COUGH*Redhat or Backtrack*COUGH

:P

Backtrack USB edition is a very interesting Linux distro. WPA cracking from a USB drive....

RedHat is designed for server use. =) And don't RPM from what I have heard. Slower and no dependency checker (at least not since a short while ago, Fedora has it.)
Don't know about backtrack yet. ^^ Want to use it for home use>easy install>no clutter. =)

And don't live in a city, so not that much wireless. Don't know how much I will drag my laptop with me. Haven't done so much yet. Though I will at least want the utilities from it. =)

Redhat runs great on a desktop machine. Very stable & reliable.

RPM is only optional. I don't use it either.
Tar files with bash installations still work great for me. :)

I find RPM files to just be a unnecessary peice of bloatware.
But Redhat is designed for servers, so admins will need to use RPM files, as they are easier to install on multiple machines.

Backtrack does more than WiFi hacking. It can hack bluetooth, reverse engineer, Nmap servers, run Vista & XP compatible Wine & much more.

I'm gonna give that Arch Linux a shot. I like the sound of a OS that doesn't install much by default.

I use windows as my secound OS because there is no OS like linux, there is no OS that can match linux. To all who is new to computers you would find linux very hard but it is way better than windows.

I prefer to run VMWare ESXi on the system itself (VMWare ESXi is free BTW.... go download it!http://www.vmware.com/download/esxi/getesxi.html ), with several VMWare Images running, each with a different purpose.

As to which OS is better.... there really isnt an unbiased answer to that. All OS's have thier own plus and minuses.

Windows Desktop OS's are primarily used in an "End-User" environment... such as residential, mainstream gaming stations, workstations up at work, etc.

Windows Server OS's are primarily used as backup solutions, ASP and .NET proprietary environments, etc.

As to Linux distro's, make sure you read up on the distro you are thinking about installing, because most are made for specific purposes... I'll go ahead and make Ubuntu an example.

Ubuntu comes in different processor types (i386, AMD, and 64-bit) and different flavours (desktop compared to server). So you wouldnt want to get the server version if you are considering using it as a desktop.

Also, dont be discouraged about not knowing enough about linux. There is only one way to learn, and thats to do it. There are even places where you can go to that will give you an in-depth walk through to help you configure the linux distro to make it a fully functional OS.... such as this walk through for Ubuntu 8.04:
The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

You also have to take into consideration the hardware in your box. Make sure that all the hardware in your box is compatible with linux. While most hardware is supported, some are a pain in the ass to get going, such as older Broadcom cards inside laptops.

So I guess the best thing to say is try em out, ask questions, keep going on it, and youll find that Linux isnt that much more difficult than Windows. Its all about learning it. Then you can find out for your own which one you prefer.

Aside from my ESXi server though, I have my workstation dual booted with XP MCE05 and Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit.