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Windows vs. Linux: The computer world is divided into two great camps – the Windows users on the one hand and the Linux community on the other hand. And these two camps fight against each other almost like in a religious war. And of course, each of the two are right when they promote their system as the better one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again and again the question arises: Windows or Linux? Which one is better? What offers Linux, that Windows does not offer? Or: Can Linux offer the convenience, that Windows offers me? Lots and lots of questions which our support team is confronted with each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question of the advantages and disadvantages of an operating system always has two sides, like everything in life. But let’s have a look first at the advantages of Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about “Windows vs. Linux” can be found in our other blogpost about this topic here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advantages of Linux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Free operating system<\/strong>: The use of Linux is free. For private users, Linux is – from a cost perspective \u2013 a much cheaper solution because many distributions can be downloaded from the Internet. Additional licensing costs can be prevented therefore.
\u2022 Safety<\/strong>: Because of the public source code of Linux any security gaps can be fixed and closed easily.
\u2022 Linux is a joint project<\/strong>: The huge number of programmers who are actively working on Linux ensures a faster finding and fixing of bugs (“hundreds of eyes are better than one”). Through a variety of users as well as support from major corporations such as IBM the development and improvement can be driven forward.
\u2022 Software<\/strong>: Everything we know from Windows\/ Microsoft is available for Linux now as well.
\u2022 Linux is vendor independent:<\/strong> This is a very big advantage of Linux in contrast to Windows. If the chosen distribution<\/a> does not offer the desired features the range of alternatives is very large and can be changed. In contrast, when Microsoft decides to stop supporting a particular version of Windows, you are mostly forced to go for the paid upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More guides about Linux can be found on our Blog here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now let’s move on to the benefits of Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advantages of Windows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Windows can do almost everything and is very beginner-friendly. There is hardly larger user knowledge needed and things can be easily realised. There is almost no program that does not work easily on Windows.
\u2022 Software selection: There is a wide range of software available for Windows systems. Many applications are available on the Web for free, some applications only cost a small license fee, as long as they are only used privately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n