When I refer to Linux, I am referring to a computer with the kernel and other software that makes up a Personal Computer.
I like to think that Linux is great, and always will be, a Personal Computer. Windows, I will always remember it being the best thing for business’s as Microsoft pushes licenses and such business related features.
I switched to Linux in 2020, Ubuntu, and slowly learned my ways around, and understanding how everything works, but most people don’t have to now, it’s so simple to get started.
This might be one of the worse infographics I’ve ever laid my eyes on
Was probably made by a child as a school project. At least I hope.
Methinks it might be engagement bait
A child as a school project using ChatGPT
Linux: Gimp
Windows: Photoshop
Gimp is available on Windows.
Linux: Libre Office
Windows: MS Office
Libre Office is also available on Windows.
this is quite frankly, a really dumb picture that is wrong on many accounts
Looks like something an underpaid school teacher would whip up
“Provides more security than windows”
This is the only one I seriously doubt.
Ms defender is actually something I wish we had a replacement for.
Read only root fs is a start, but it doesn’t protect my documents.
Like your linux doesn’t get hacked because no one cares, if we become a target we are helpless more or less.
And there are still people who will downvote you for saying that Linux distros are not impregnable fortresses of OS security
This is the only one I seriously doubt.
Really? Almost all of it is wrong.
Windows isn’t / doesn’t use a microkernel
Oooh, I get to say an “Umm… Actually” fact. File names are not case sensitive in Linux nor are they case insensitive in Windows.
It’s entirely possible to have a case insensitive filesystem on Linux (I think ext4 supports a mount option for it now). Likewise, there’s a bit you can set on folders in Windows that makes its contents case sensitive. So realistically, case sensitivity is a property of the folder, not the OS.
Yes, that’s as annoying as it sounds.
I hate the fact that if you want to change the case on a file in windows, you can’t just replace the offending letter. You have to change the name completely, then change it back with the correct casing. Then Windows will finally keep it.
“Free software” doesn’t mean you don’t pay for it, but that it respects and preserves the user’s freedom. The opposite is not “cost software” but unfree software.
Most of the other points in this list are also questionable or inaccurate. In fact, I think the only true one is the first one: open source vs closed source.
Yeah, in fact. The Linux kernel does use proprietary software (Blobs) for it to run. Or stuff to function like Bluetooth and shit like that.
Idk, just a Twitter post I found.
provides more security than windows.
Doubt.
Yeah, if you have a fucking clue what you’re doing which most casual users don’t. (That includes me.)
The only significant advantage it has security-wise over Windows is not defaulting to an admin/root account and instead requiring an elevation of privileges.
…but even modern Windows does the same now.
Exploits exist for Linux and other open source products, corporations with Linux servers and GNU utilities get hacked… I mean fuck just go look at all the CVE’s, they don’t make them for nothing.
I would argue that Linux is not more secure than Windows. Linux is way more private and gives you way more control but from a purely security perspective Linux has its own weaknesses and is constantly getting CVEs.
I don’t think getting CVE’s is a good metric for security strength, but good points aside.
I don’t think Linux is inherently insecure. I just think it does have its own security issues which is especially true of LTS. It isn’t a golden nugget and it is problematic when people treat it as such.
i mean gimp and libre office are both downloadable from winget and windows is typically free or factored in when you buy a pc (which is how most people would get it)
DAE micro$haft winBLOW$ suxx???
I don’t think Windows uses a microkernel. Hybrid kernel is the term I’ve heard used.
Ah yes, free vs cost software…
Your ability to ride the fence is admirable OP, don’t let anyone take it from you 🙏
with everything being web-based, windows is slowly turning into a fancy dummy term/thinclient. exactly the control businesses want.
linux on the other hand is being fleshed out as a true desktop pc with all the customization most of us expect of a daily driver.
