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

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 ...

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

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?

Consistent system clock setting Both OSes can show time inconsistently If you dual-boot Windows with any Linux distribution, you might have noticed a time difference between the two operating systems.