Windows and Linux are like the sides of a coin; the differences between both are stark. Microsoft Windows is a proprietary operating system created by Microsoft and is the widely used operating system ...

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them.

The price difference between a Linux system and a comparable Windows system may be a couple hundred dollars -- but what exactly does that mean to a typical computer user?

While it is not exactly a security feature, the variety available to Linux users in both operating system and applications makes it much harder for malware to target a majority of users.

With Windows, Microsoft creates its operating system in a black box. We really don’t know what they’re doing in there.

What really are the most fundamental differences between Windows variants like 2003/XP and Unix variants like Linux? From a practical perspective, cost is an obvious differentiator, as are access to ...