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Hello:

You just ponder over and think about most desirable features in a OS.
And I bet
that would be something like this one given below.... Let me know your
thoughts.

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                Salient Features of Linux Operating System
                -------------------------------------------

Linux is the FASTEST operating system in the world! Linux runs MUCH
FASTER tha
n Windows95/NT. Linux is 2 to 3 times faster than Windows NT or 95. In
command-l
ine console mode without X-windows it runs even faster (console mode is
ideal fo
r servers).

Linux is the most RELIABLE OS. Windows95, Windows NT fail the
CRASH_OS_TEST pr
ograms and only Linux passes. Also commercial unixe's like IRIX,
Solaris, HPUX,
AIX, SCO all fail the crash test and only Linux passes the crashme test.
(See cr
ashme*.rpm on cdrom). Very often Windows95 users will get GPF errors and
the sys
tem freezes. Linux is very robust because it is built by millions of
people on i
nternet and there are no errors in the kernel. Linux  runs for one full
year wit
hout any re-boots or any problems non-stop!

Linux has excellent SCALABILITY - it runs on Uni-processor,
Multi-processors,
Parallel Processors and even Super-computers. Linux fully supports
SMP(Symmetric
 Multi-Processing) boxes with more than one cpu. Windows 95 supports
only one cp
u box. Linux scales much BETTER than NT on SMP (Symmetric Multi
Processors) boxe
s. NT will not run super computers.

Linux is fully 32-bit/64-bit operating system. And Linux is very
modular and i
s easily ported to 64-bit chips like DEC alpha, UltraSparc. Windows95
has vast m
ajority of 16-bit code in its kernel (about 70% of kernel is 16-bit code
and the
 remaining is 32-bit).

Linux is a very SECURE OS. Windows95 is NOT a  secure OS, break-ins
are easy.
Windows 95, NT, MSDOS have computer viruses. But Linux does not have any
viruses
. The reason being the way Linux OS is designed.

Linux is less demanding on system resources. Linux runs on 386 PC with
as litt
le as 2 MB in console mode. Windows 95 and NT CANNOT because the graphic
engine
in built inside the kernel which makes Windows95/NT a resource hog.
Graphic engi
ne built inside the OS kernel makes Windows95/NT extremely unreliable.
Linux can
 do everything that Windows 95/NT does BUT Windows 95/NT cannot do
everything wh
ich Linux does!!

Linux uses X-windows which is a advanced network-windowing system,
whereas Win
dows NT/95 is a standalone single-workstation windowing system. For
example, usi
ng X-windows,  users can display output on  any monitor/workstation
attached any
where in the network. There is a command called xhost in Linux  (see
man xhost
) and DISPLAY environment variable. Like this there are lot of
functionalities i
n X-windows which are missing in Windows NT/95. X-Windows is a industry
standard
 which was developed in MIT and is a very powerful network windowing
system. X i
s covered by ISO in X-Open standard along with POSIX.

Linux supports remote system administration whereas Windows NT/95 does
not. Fo
r example, you can remote login and do system adminitration like reboot
a Linux
 server from a remote terminal hundreds of miles away!

Linux OS needs only 100 MB of disk space for installation. Linux
supports dual
 boot on the PCs - that is, you can have Windows95/NT on one partition
and Linux
 on other. During system startup user can select to load Linux or
Windows 95 and
 vice versa.

Linux is 100% POSIX compliant OS, whereas Windows NT/95 are not. POSIX
is IEEE
 (Institute of Electrical Engg) standard as well as ANSI and
international ISO s
tandard spec. U.S. govt,  generally require full compliance of POSIX on
any oper
ating system. Most of the Unixs like Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO are 100%
POSIX com
pliant.

You get the complete source code for Linux OS and all of its
applications, wh
ereas Windows 95/NT is proprietary and you get only the binaries. Having
the sou
rce code of Linux is vital for companies because they can quickly add
advanced f
eatures and share it with every other company in the world.

Linux is free of any cost. Downside of Windows 95 and NT is that you
need to p
ay $200 (US dollars) per seat for Windows 95 and $800 (US dollars) per
seat  for
 Windows NT. And Microsoft applications like MS Office, C++ compilers
and others
 will cost you further hundreds of  US dollars! It is better to spend
money on h
ardware and use Linux as the software.

Linux has more 1500 software packages included on the CDROM and more
are being
 developed world-wide.

Linux was awarded 'The BEST Network Operating system, 1997/98' by  US
InfoWorl
d computer magazine

The movie TITANIC was created using Linux on Digital Alpha! Linux
was used t
o create computer graphics, animations of all the shots in the movie
TITANIC w
hich made $1000 MILLION U.S. dollars in box office!

Linux was also used for storing data from experiments in the space
shuttle. Li
nux was orbiting the earth in space!

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                MICROSOFT - LINUX ANALOGY LIST
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LINUX (UNIX) is a International Standard (ISO) POSIX compliant operating
system

Linux applications are at :
        http://www.caldera.com/tech-ref/linuxapps/linapps.html (You MUST visit
t
his site first before searching anywhere!!)
        Linux C.O.L.A  is at : http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html (archive
of
 newsgroup comp.os.linux.announce)
        Singapore site  http://www.netspire.com.sg/Linux/LinApps/linapps.html
L
inux newsgroups are at comp.os.linux.*

Note: Some of the packages listed below are commercial and others are on
the Lin
ux cdrom.

Microsoft Windows for linux : Linux has WABI, WINE, VNC packages which
runs most
 MS Windows 3.1, Win32 programs inside linux
        window.With Linux, using VNC package you can run win32 programs
remotely
 on Window95/NT box programs and display on your
        local linux box inside Linux. Details see http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/

MSDOS for linux : Linux has Dr. DOS from http://www.caldera.com which
runs most
DOS programs inside a linux window. See also
        DosEmu (DOS-Emulator) package, XDosEmu and also get FreeDOS (MSDOS
clone
) from http://www.freedos.org/

Microsoft SQLserver (RDBMS Database) : Linux has these databases -
        PostgreSQL - http://www.postgresql.org  (This is on Linux cdrom)
        MySQL RDBMS - http://www.tcx.se  (from Sweden)
        Oracle RDBMS - see http://www.WGS.com/LDP/HOWTO/Oracle-HOWTO.html
        Informix RDBMS - http://www.ctonline.it/~marcog/ifmxlinux.htm
        Solid RDBMS - http://www.solidtech.com  (from Finland)
        Addabas RDBMS - http://www.adabas.com (from Germany)
        YardSQL RDBMS - http://www.yard.de (from Germany)
        Empress RDBMS - http://www.empress.com (from USA)
        Interbase RDBMS - http://www.interbase.com (from Borland Corp USA)

Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets : Linux has TeaPot, WingZ and NeXS.

Microsoft Win95 Desktop : Linux has KDE - http://www.kde.org. Also on
linux cdro
m. KDE desktop is IDENTICAL to Windows95 interface
        + good points from OS/2 and Mac. KDE desktop is strongly recommended.
Le
sstiff - A industry standard Motif tool and Windows
        Afterstep, Windowmaker (NeXTstep-lookalike), QVwm, fvwm95
(Windows95-loo
kalike), amiwm (amiga), mlvwm (mac) etc.

Microsoft Internet Web server: Linux has Apache, Roxen Challenger,
Netscape Fast
track, Sun Microsystem's Java Web server.

Microsoft Internet Explorer: Linux has Netscape Navigator browser,
Netscape Comm
unicator browser, LynX,
        Kfm (KDE Filemanager), Mosaic, Amaya, Arena, Sun Microsystem Hotjava,
et
c.

Microsoft Windows95/NT network with Linux : Linux has SAMBA
(networking), and Ne
tware connectivity with MARS-NWE.

Microsoft Word : Linux has Wordperfect 7.0, LyX, xdvi, Xword, Adobe
Acrobat read
er, FrameMaker, LaTex,
        SGML Tools, Jade, JadeTex, Maxwell. Office suites like StarOffice,
Appli
xware, Andrew AUIS include word-processors.

Microsoft Office suite: Linux has StarOffice suite (from Germany),
ApplixWare o
ffice suites,
         Coreldraw suites(linux) and on cdrom see SGML Tools, Jade, Andrew
Offic
e suite at ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/AUIS  (Open Source Code!!)

Microsoft Visual Basic: Linux has PERL-Tk, PERL-QT, VisualTCL, SpecTCL.
Perl-Tk,
 Perl-Qt also runs on Windows95/NT. Write once
        using Perl-Tk and run it on all unixes, linux and Windows95/NT. Perl is
strongly recommended.

Microsoft Visual C++ : Linux has PERL-Tk, PERL-Qt, QT application
framework C++

QtEZ at http://qtez.commkey.net/index.htm/ and at
        http://www.troll.no VIBE at
http://www.LinuxMall.com/products/00487.html
, Code Crusader, WipeOut, RHIDE, C-Forge
        XWPE - X Windows programming environment, Xemacs, Gnome, GNU C Compiler
(C, C++, Objective-C)

Microsoft Exchange (Mail server): Linux has Sendmail, qmail, smail,
exim, exmh p
ackage (mail-user-agent)

Microsoft JAVA : Linux has Java IDE "FreeBuilder", JccWarrior, Wipeout,
        Vibe, SunMicrosystem Java Workshop for Linux, SuperMojo, JForge, Emacs
J
DE.

Microsoft Mail/Lotus CCMAIL : Linux has ZMail(GUI), exmh(GUI), umt,
xfmail(GUI),
  kmail, xmh, xcmail, soma, privtool, pine, etc..

Microsoft Scheduler/Personal productivity tools: See the Personal
productivity
        Tools at http://www.caldera.com/tech-ref/linuxapps/linapps.html

Microsoft Notepad/Wordpad : Linux has CRisp, vim, vi, NEdit, Jed, EMACS,
Joe, El
vis and several more on cdrom

Microsoft Desktop Publishing : Linux has SGML tools, LaTex, Jade,
JadeTex, Frame
Maker, Corel office, Applixware, StarOffice.

Netscape Calendar Server: CyberScheduler from http://www.crosswind.com

CAD/CAM/Simulations (Electronics/Mechanical/Civil) : Linux has CAD for
CPU chip
design, mechanical and civil designs
        FreeDraft 2D-CAD http://pw2.netcom.com/~iamcliff/FREEdraft.html
Email:
iamcl...@ix.netcom.com
        FreeDesigner 3D-CAD http://www.fpa-engineers.com/OD  
        CAD Libraries - See on Linux cdrom Mesa 3D graphics, EZWGL, GGI
...

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Quote:> Linux is free of any cost. Downside of Windows 95 and NT is that you
> need to p
> ay $200 (US dollars) per seat for Windows 95 and $800 (US dollars) per
> seat  for
>  Windows NT. And Microsoft applications like MS Office, C++ compilers
> and others
>  will cost you further hundreds of  US dollars! It is better to spend
> money on h
> ardware and use Linux as the software.

You don't attempt to compare it with OS/2. Why not?

Looks like a Linux commercial to me.

Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk

[ Remove nospam for proper email address ]

Before someone says something, yes, so am I.  Why?  I like it.

Quote:> What a troll...

Quote:> Hello:

> You just ponder over and think about most desirable features in a OS.
> And I bet
> that would be something like this one given below.... Let me know your
> thoughts.

Quote:

>            Salient Features of Linux Operating System
>            -------------------------------------------

Here is a draft of an alternative, perhaps someone would like to fill out
the details? I think it needs reordering, Linux has so many great features
that the advert is very long, so the striking/suprising bits need to be at
the start.

-----------------8<-------------------------------------

Independant studies by a number of IT specialist have shown Linux to have
one of the fastest kernels, and some of the most efficient applications
available [references - plenty on the web, find them, put them here]. In
addition to this, Linux can easily be used with a command line ,with no
Graphical User Interface (GUI) loaded, removing the associated overhead.

Ideally, a mission critical system runs applications that do not rely on a
GUI. Some applications are not written in this way - some Operating Systems
(Os') are designed in a manner that encourages applications to require a
GUI. Linux makes it simple to write stable, mission critical applications
that do not need a GUI, so these necessary applications are abundant. Linux
has passed a number of crash tests including -

        the CRASH_OS_TEST [reference to description and independant evidence -
preferably showing other OS' in a poorer light], and
        the crashme test [again, references]

Linux is suprisingly robust because it's design philosophy encourages
independent developers to submit bug fixes, causing rapid development. When
properly setup, Linux can have uptimes of years.

Linux has excellent SCALABILITY [references] - it runs on Uni-processor,
Multi-processor, Parallel Processor systems and even Super-computers
[reference to examples of Linux being used for these]. Linux supports SMP
(Symmetric Multi-Processing) systems with more than one CPU. Linux requires
only basic hardware to work well, but yet it can take advantage of more
powerful system compunoents. Linux can run on 386 PC with as little as 2 MB
of memory.

Linux is already available as a 32-bit/64-bit operating system.

Linux is a very secure OS. Even with it's multi-user capabilities, there
are many security precautions available, including password-shadowing, the
well known Kerberos password system, and restrictions placed on users to
help prevent attacks by malicious software.

The X Window System - a mature, advanced network-windowing system - is
implemented for Linux, allowing less powerful systems to run demanding
graphical software on more powerful remote servers. Linux' inherent
multi-user capabilities allow the same principle with applications that do
not require a GUI. Linux can also be used as a server for this useful
feature. The X Window System is an industry standard that was originally
developed at MIT many years ago and has become a very powerful network
windowing system. X is covered by ISO in the X-Open standard along with
POSIX.

Linux supports remote system administration. For example, an administrator
can login remotely and alter the setup of any system that they have access
to, allowing company policy to be enforced effectively.

Linux effectively supports dual booting - that is, you can have one OS on
one partition for the tasks that it is best suited to, and Linux on other,
however, users should not need to switch from Linux as there is a huge
application base available, and most tasks can be performed by Linux when
set up as a workstation..

Linux is mostly POSIX compliant. POSIX is an IEEE  (Institute of Electrical
Engineering) standard as well as ANSI and international ISO standard
specification. Many governments generally require full compliance of POSIX
on any operating system that they use.

Complete source code for Linux is available and many applications. Having
the source code of Linux is vital for companies both small and large
because they can quickly add advanced features that would otherwise not be
added without bloating the software. When source code is not available,
applications tend to try to do everything so that it satisfies everyone,
but having source code lets you only have the features you need.

Linux is available for no cost if you wish a, but is also available from
commercial entities, with all the t*s you would expect from such a
company - including:
        technical support,
        easy to use setup utilities,
        thousands of software packages from some distributers, and more availably
from third parties, and
        an unlimited license for most software packages.

Linux distributions have received several awards of excellence from
independent entities such as:
        [list and references]

Software available for Linux is powerful and flexible, and shows that Linux
has few limitations, with the movie TITANIC relying on Linux for many of
the effects in the film. Linux has also been used in conjunction with
experiments in space after other systems didn't meet the requirements.
Linux was in orbit!

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Vote Linus Torvalds, father of Linux a man of the century as a
builder and titan! Spread the word, spread it far. Let's contact
every Linux user out there to let them know to participate!
http://www.veryComputer.com/

[snip]

Quote:>    the CRASH_OS_TEST [reference to description and independant evidence -
>preferably showing other OS' in a poorer light], and
>    the crashme test [again, references]

--
Vote Linus Torvalds, father of Linux a man of the century as a
builder and titan! Spread the word, spread it far. Let's contact
every Linux user out there to let them know to participate!
http://www.veryComputer.com/

Is this a draft for another post?  If so, I should think you are
preaching to the converted.  As far as the others, why not refer them to
www.linux.org?

[snip]

Quote:>I'm sorry, you misunderstand. I wasn't trying to advertise Linux here, but
>using the newsgroup as a forum for generating a decent, useful
>article/advert for use elsewhere.

Unfortunately, most of the descriptions of the benefits of Linux are not
organised in a manner that will attract suits, so an article/advert needs
to be worked from scratch with the purpose of marketing Linux. I had
thought that c.o.l.m was the perfect forum for discussing miscellaneous
Linux stuff.

Since I have had no responses other than a hostile one (though that was
probably just a misunderstanding), maybe no-one cares... so I'll shut up
now :-)

--
Vote Linus Torvalds, father of Linux a man of the century as a
builder and titan! Spread the word, spread it far. Let's contact
every Linux user out there to let them know to participate!
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/time100poll.html

Quote:>Is this a draft for another post?  If so, I should think you are
>preaching to the converted.  As far as the others, why not refer them to
>www.linux.org?