Windows vs Linux

Microsoft Windows in files are stored in folders on different data drives like C: D: E: etc and Linux in files are stored  in a tree structure starting with the root directory considered as the start of the file system.The root directory is denoted with a forward slash '/'.

Windows in have 2 files with the same name in the same folder.Linux in 2 files with the same name in the same directory provided they use different cases.

Windows vs Linux Commands

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linux

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1

dir

ls -l

Directory listing

2

copy

cp

Copying a file

3

move

mv

Moving a file

4

ren

mv

rename a file

5

del

rm

Delete a file

6

fc

diff

Compare contents of files

7

cls

clear

Clear Screen

8

time

date

Displays the time

9

chdir

pwd

Returns your current directory location

10

find

grep

Search for a string in a file

11

md

mkdir

To create a new directory/folder

12

format

mke2fs or mformat

To format a drive/partition

13

free

mem

To display free space

14

rmdir

rm -rf/rmdir

To delete a directory.

15

taskkill

kill

To kill a task

16

attrib

chown/chmod

To change file permissions

17

tracert

traceroute

To print the route packets trace to network host

18

type

cat

To print contents of a file.

19

ping

ping

To send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts

20

chdisk

du -s

For disk usage

21

nslookup

nslookup

To query Internet name servers interactively

22

tree

ls -R

To list directory recursively

23

tasklist

ps x

To list running tasks

24

cd

cd

Change the current directory

25

exit

exit

To leave the terminal/command window

Linux system root directory

               

Windows is a licensed operating system and Linux is a free and open source operating system. Windows is designed for business and commercial user and even user individuals with no computer programming knowledge. Linux is access to source code and alters the code as per user need, whereas Windows is not have access to source code.

Windows features

• Multiple operating environments
• Virtual memory
• Portability
• Client-server computing
• Integrated caching
• Symmetric multiprocessing
• Preemptive scheduling

Linux features

• Multiuser capability
• Multitasking and Security provide
• Graphical User Interface and Live cd/usb
• Open Source
• Application and File system support
• Preemptive scheduling

Windows Vs Linux Difference

Windows	Linux
Windows uses different data drives like C: D: E to store.	Unix/Linux uses a tree like a hierarchical file system.
Hard drives, CD-ROMs, printers are considered as devices	Peripherals like hard drives, CD-ROMs, printers are also considered files in Linux/Unix
Windows has different drives	There are no drives in Linux
There are 4 types of user account types 1) Administrator, 2) Standard, 3) Child, 4) Guest	There are 3 types of user account types 1) Regular, 2) Root and 3) Service Account
Windows in 2 files with the same name in the same folder	Linux in 2 files with the same name in the same directory provided they use different cases
Windows in 2 files with the same name in the same folderIn windows, My Documents is default home directory.	For every user /home/username directory is created which is called his home directory.
Administrator user has all administrative privileges of computers.	Root user is the super user and has all administrative privileges.

Windows Operating system

• Wintel
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 10

Linux Operating system

• Ubuntu
• Debian
• Gentoo
• Linux Mint
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• CentOS
• Fedora
• Kali Linux