04-26-2010, 03:07 AM
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 Re: Holy War: Windows vs. Linux, open source vs. propritary soft, command line vs. GU
Advantages of Ubuntu:- Free and open source. 100% legal.
- Fast, stable and reliable.
- Simple, frequent updates
- Huge set of software that comes out-of-the-box. Installing, updating and removing most programs is much easier than in Windows.
- Don't need to store 30GB with Windows 7 distributive on your hard drive.
- Easy to intsall from a USB flash drive, CD/DVD
- Live CD allows to test Ubuntu without installing it
- Secure remote administration out-of-the-box.
- Lots of software available (not as much software as for Windows though)
- Interface is similar to Windows, so most Windows users don't have much problems moving from Windows to Ubuntu.
- No need to think about protecting your OS with antiviruses, firewalls, anti-malware,...
- Wine allows to run many Windows applications (without installing a virtual machine; Windows license is not required)
- No need to re-install Ubuntu to make it faster. No system cleaners are needed.
- Works on less powerful computers than Windows 7
- User files are not stores in locations like C:\Documents and settings\User\Application data
Disadvantages of Ubuntu:- Less hardware supported
- Some applications are much harder to install
- There are no alternatives to some Windows applications
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