Today there are a myriad of operating systems to use - Windows, linux, MacOSx, BSD etc. The choice is yours. But there are many things to consider when you plan or want the full potential of what you have and choosing the right O.S. becomes very cumbersome and painful. The choices are so many but which one you want to use and for what purpose.
- Which operating system to use and for what?
- Is this o.s. for me?
I remember back in the early nineties installing windows95 on a pentium I - 75 Mhz. Being from the computing field i found this experience quite exhilirating. Computer hardware since then has come a long way. My first encounter with linux was back in 2003 and BSD in 2005.
Operating systems today are geared pretty much towards usability within a GUI. Half a decade ago it wasn't easy where much had to be done by the command line if you wanted to use linux.
Today things are all fancy and very easy to use. There are a many Os'es:
-Microsoft windows 7
-Fedora linux / RHEL 6
-Ubuntu 10.04/ 10.10
-slackware 13.1
-Zenwalk
-Mandriva 2010 powerpack
-Sabayon
-Gentoo
-FreeBSD/ PC-BSD/ OpenBSD
and the list goes on... But which one to use?
If you want to listen to music and see only movies but without viruses and spyware then go on and use linux assuming you arent computer savvy.
- Zenwalk
- Ubuntu 10.04(Preffered choice)
- Slackware
- Sabayon
OR
- Microsoft windows 7
(Windows is not linux and vice versa)
If u want to run a server again linux
- RHEL
- CentOS
- Fedora
- Gentoo
- Slackware
- SLES (Enterprise SUSE linux)
OR
MIcrosoft windows server 2003 or 2008
For playing games, mostly proprietary, use Windows 7 OR MacOSx.
Linux does not play most of the games made for windows although there are applications to run these games like cedega and WINE. A considerable amount of knowledge and tweaking around with your linux system is required to run most games and if you are willing to take the plunge you might get it to work.
If you want to run a very stable server O.S. then go in for freeBSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)
FreeBSD servers have an uptime of over half a decade though there are no guarantees.
Minor tweaking is involved in setting up linux and unix(BSD) servers assuming you are willing to go through a limited amount of hardship.
Linux servers too are very powerful and reliable.
But if you just want a server that works and want to set up with a few clicks then go and buy Windows server-2008.
Cost of everything:
You will have to purchase all Microsoft products.
RHEL( Redhat hat enterprise linux) and SLES(SUSE linux enterprise server) are enterprise linux and have a premium.
MacOSx- Comes with the hardware you buy and is very expensive.
All of the other mentioned OSes are free and can be downloaded from the internet, ofcourse you will have to buy the underlying hardware yourself.
Windows kernel is a microkernel architecture using WindowsNT mach kernel(a hybrid kernel) and hence has the Registry database to handle all system level calls. It is a closed source O.S. wherein the proprietor controls all intellectual property.
Linux kernel written by Helsinki resident Linux Torvalds is monolithic in design and is very simple to read and edit. The kernel works effectively as the operating system runs in kernel space.
FreeBSD too and other BSD variants are also monolithic in design.
BSD and linux are open source and can be viewed and edited by the public under the BSD and GPL licenses.
MacOSx kernel is BSD based but heavily modified named XNU Mach kernel.
The future of operating systems isnt easy to visualise.
Exokernel architectures are still in research mode.
Changing hardware with new addon features for now seems to be the current stable trend and changing code keeps up with it to run and optimize its usability.
- Is this o.s. for me?
I remember back in the early nineties installing windows95 on a pentium I - 75 Mhz. Being from the computing field i found this experience quite exhilirating. Computer hardware since then has come a long way. My first encounter with linux was back in 2003 and BSD in 2005.
Operating systems today are geared pretty much towards usability within a GUI. Half a decade ago it wasn't easy where much had to be done by the command line if you wanted to use linux.
Today things are all fancy and very easy to use. There are a many Os'es:
-Microsoft windows 7
-Fedora linux / RHEL 6
-Ubuntu 10.04/ 10.10
-slackware 13.1
-Zenwalk
-Mandriva 2010 powerpack
-Sabayon
-Gentoo
-FreeBSD/ PC-BSD/ OpenBSD
and the list goes on... But which one to use?
If you want to listen to music and see only movies but without viruses and spyware then go on and use linux assuming you arent computer savvy.
- Zenwalk
- Ubuntu 10.04(Preffered choice)
- Slackware
- Sabayon
OR
- Microsoft windows 7
(Windows is not linux and vice versa)
If u want to run a server again linux
- RHEL
- CentOS
- Fedora
- Gentoo
- Slackware
- SLES (Enterprise SUSE linux)
OR
MIcrosoft windows server 2003 or 2008
For playing games, mostly proprietary, use Windows 7 OR MacOSx.
Linux does not play most of the games made for windows although there are applications to run these games like cedega and WINE. A considerable amount of knowledge and tweaking around with your linux system is required to run most games and if you are willing to take the plunge you might get it to work.
If you want to run a very stable server O.S. then go in for freeBSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)
FreeBSD servers have an uptime of over half a decade though there are no guarantees.
Minor tweaking is involved in setting up linux and unix(BSD) servers assuming you are willing to go through a limited amount of hardship.
Linux servers too are very powerful and reliable.
But if you just want a server that works and want to set up with a few clicks then go and buy Windows server-2008.
Cost of everything:
You will have to purchase all Microsoft products.
RHEL( Redhat hat enterprise linux) and SLES(SUSE linux enterprise server) are enterprise linux and have a premium.
MacOSx- Comes with the hardware you buy and is very expensive.
All of the other mentioned OSes are free and can be downloaded from the internet, ofcourse you will have to buy the underlying hardware yourself.
Windows kernel is a microkernel architecture using WindowsNT mach kernel(a hybrid kernel) and hence has the Registry database to handle all system level calls. It is a closed source O.S. wherein the proprietor controls all intellectual property.
Linux kernel written by Helsinki resident Linux Torvalds is monolithic in design and is very simple to read and edit. The kernel works effectively as the operating system runs in kernel space.
FreeBSD too and other BSD variants are also monolithic in design.
BSD and linux are open source and can be viewed and edited by the public under the BSD and GPL licenses.
MacOSx kernel is BSD based but heavily modified named XNU Mach kernel.
The future of operating systems isnt easy to visualise.
Exokernel architectures are still in research mode.
Changing hardware with new addon features for now seems to be the current stable trend and changing code keeps up with it to run and optimize its usability.
| By rishi dev |
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