Is Unix and Linux is difficult to learn, why we learn it if it is difficult, why we stick with windows XP?

Question

What are the benefits of Linux over Win XP. I think Win XP is very simple to use. Thanks for all people.

Answer 1

Linux is probably more difficult to learn than Windows, which requires you to know very little about the way your computer operates; Linux may force you to understand much more about what is going on. However, some Linux distributions have recently begun focusing a lot of attention on making the OS more user-friendly. Notable achievements in this regard are the award-winning "Ubuntu" distribution, which is these days probably the best way to be introduced to Linux. Contrary to popular wisdom, Linux systems DO have graphical user interfaces - there are a number of popular "desktop environments" (the GUI interface), the two most popular of which are "Gnome", the default Ubuntu Linux desktop environment, and "KDE", which ships with the ubuntu variant "Kubuntu", which in my opinion is more fully-featured and pretty than Gnome.

Reasons to use Linux over windows include:
* The software is free - free as in beer, and free as in speech.
* Some free software beats the pants off Windows software. E.g. the free-software video player mplayer is far and away better than Windows Media Player - it can handle more formats, generally plays more smoothly, and can also display subtitles taken from subtitle files, etc. However, as with most free software apps, it's widely ported, and there's of course a Windows-compiled version available as well, so this is not necessarily a recommendation.
* Linux is far more stable. Linux machines can stay up for months at a time without crashing.
* Problems on Linux can usually be diagnosed and solved by competent individuals; problems on Windows are often "black boxes" and cannot be solved.
* Nearly all Linux systems allow remote logins, so you can fix things or transfer/edit files from a remote computer.
* You never have to reboot to install software.
* Package management systems: most Linux software is collected in "distributions" - e.g. Ubuntu. Tons of free software is kept in the ubuntu repository, and can be instantly and automatically installed and configured with one or two clicks or typed commands. This is probably the coolest thing about modern Linux systems.
* Linux is far more configurable in general. Linux desktops are extremely diverse in appearance, because the desktop environment can be remolded like putty to have whatever look and feel and often behavior (e.g. how windows behave when moved/minimized, whether the window focus follows the mouse, etc.). Certain features, like virtual desktops, are options that don't even exist in Windows.
* In general Linux takes an enabling philosophy - you should be able to do whatever you want with your computer. It doesn't try and force one standard of look, usage, or whatever, on the user.

Answer 2

First of all, Linux and UNIX are broad terms for a number of different operating systems. Some can be difficult to start with (i.e. OpenBSD, Slackware Linux, etc.) while others are very user friend (such as Ubuntu Linux, DesktopBSD, openSUSE Linux). *nix environments are highly modular, so you can design them to work for whatever ends you require. This is the most important advantage over Windows; with XP, you're stuck with what Microsoft gives you. This has far reaching implications: if there's a bug in Windows that's preventing you from getting your work done, you're at the mercy of Microsoft for a fix. For Free and Open Source *nix variants you can, if suitably inclined, fix the problem yourself, or hire someone to do it. You may find this impractical, but let's say your business requires this fix, and it would be more cost efficient to pay to have the bug fixed rather than let it negatively impact your bottom line. But remember, Freedom comes with its downsides; in the case of *nix, it requires you to understand your system at a much deeper level than Windows.

Answer 3

Unix is a very powerful and stable operating system, It is not GUI based like windows and therefore is not so useful in the consumer market but in business if you are after machines that can deal with huge databases and be very reliable Unix is the way to go. I work on a system that runs accross the whole of the UK with roughly 4000 servers. Most of the simple machines that don't matter too much are Windows NT boxes but the big powerful machines that tell those NT boxes what to do are Unix.

One downside Unix machine don't like being powered straight off, and can cause a mess when they come to power back on. but in business systems there are redundant power supplies and UPS's in place to avoid that happening.

In short your home pc is going to run fine on XP but if you want power use UNIX

Answer 4

There are many benefits to Linux/Unix.

1. Many versions of it are free.
2. Linux is a much more secure operating system. Updates are issued on a more frequent basis.
3. Linux is not encumbered by digital rights managemant technology.
4. Linux is not bloatware, it loads faster and is more stable.

Answer 5

1. Linux is free
2. Linux is open source software, so you can make more changes to it.
3. Linux has so many different versions.

There's more reasons, but those are the basics.

Answer 6

Not much in the way of software is written for unix. To compare, about 94.5% of software is written for Windows, about 5% for Mac, and about 1/2% for Unix.

Answer 7

I think xandros is the best linux, linux also just seems to work and it is free. www.distrowatch.com

Answer 8

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