Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2522 mails)

[jpennington@xxxxxxxxx (Jon Pennington)]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 01:38:02PM +0100, Derek Fountain wrote:

> This isn't strictly SuSE related, but it is Linux related.

I'll bite :).
 
> What are the fundamental differences between Linux and
> Windows these days? I can think of graphics, which is
> totally different, and disks/mount points which are handled
> differently. With Windows becoming network-ed (albeit
> badly), what genuine differences does that leave for the
> Linux community to exploit?

I really think your question is backwards.  It should be more like,
"What are the fundamental similarities between Linux and Windows these
days?"

Linux is coming a long way as far as UI and user-friendliness (you
mentioned disk mounting).  I'm not sure that Linux will ever *eclipse*
Windows as a desktop platform for people like my mom.  Windows security
is finally at least *trying* to enter the UNIX realm (better hardware
abstraction and protection is evident in Windows2000 Pro).  I'll
probably never use Windows where security is a concern, though.

You might as well be saying, "What are the fundamental differences
between MacOS and OS/400 these days?"  The question just isn't fair.


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