This is often highly debated by IT experts. In terms of licensing only, Linux is much less expensive than Windows: Linux is free of cost as the GPL is a license applied to distribution only. Where it gets fuzzy is in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), some argue Linux is more "expensive" because of training and hardware support, though others argue that for normal users who need to use a few applications those TCO factors are not relevant. In my opinion Windows is much more expensive.
Linux is free. Windows and Mac OS X are not
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Linux is free and is only charged a minimal if you desire support. For more information go to wikipedia.org and search for GPL which tells you more about Linux. Windows is a patented operating system which has to be bought although pirated versions are free you are liable to legal prosecution if you use piracy.
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Windows or Linux. Its a users option for this. Linux is free but Windows is more popular.
There is no such thing as "Linux XP". If you're referring to Windows XP, then the answer is no. As far as Linux distributions, for the majority of distributions, they are free (as in freedom) and free-of-charge.
Both Windows and Linux hosting is powerful. If you use ASP or .NET then you should use Windows hosting platform. If you do not, then you can use the more affordable and more popular Linux hosting platform.
The majority of Linux distributions are free.Really? Are you serious? Do you not believe in the almighty Google? Linux is free. (may be hard for you to believe. just Google it) Go now. Get it.Yes, go forth my son and Windows no more...!
PHP with Linux is completely different, since everything is free (Linux, Apache, Mysql, FileZila, PHP, etc.). Linux is also way more stable for production use, since it's regularly updated (at least once a months, for certain distribution). Remember, the Internet runs on Linux, mostly CentOS and RedHat.However, windows is way more compatible with everyday applications. The best would be to have a development computer running Linux (buy an old, use computer, install Linux on it), and have an everyday Windows computer.
Juce is a piece of free software used for developing GUI applications and plug-ins. It was written in the C++ language and will run on Windows, Mac and Linux.
One of the best free operating systems is Linux. It does pretty much everything Windows can do, but there is no cost to own and operate it.