Kernel Comparison: Linux (2.6.20) versus Windows (Vista)

News
From 18-23 April 2007 this comparison is being upgraded to Vista! N.B. The Vista data will not be ready until then. Please note this before commenting! Watch this space.

Intro
This aims to be the most comprehensive0 kernel1, 2 comparison3 of the latest most popular Unix style kernel versus the latest most popular kernel. In Q2 2007, this means Linux 2.6.20 kernel versus Windows Vista kernel. In Q3 2007, this means Linux 2.6.21 kernel versus Windows Vista kernel. Read the more »

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I run FreeBSD on my computers. A lot of my friends run Linux, or at least one of the distributions of it. Naturally, then, we agree that a Unix-style operating system is the right choice, but we disagree on which to use.

It’s been my impression that the BSD communit{y,ies}, in general, understand Linux far better than the Linux communit{y,ies} understand BSD. I have a few theories on why that is, but that’s not really relevant. I think a lot of Linux people get turned off BSD because they don’t really understand how and why it’s put together. Thus, this rant; as a BSD person, I want to try to explain how BSD works in a way that Linux people can absorb. Read the more »

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