The peculiarity of Linux is that the user can completely change the system for himself. Moreover, there is an opportunity not only to experiment with the settings, but also to create your own OS based on Linux.

Advantages and disadvantages

• With Linux, you get all the development tools and software you need. The operating system community, and private programmers too, produce many analogues.
• Linux is distributed absolutely free. It is supported by both small companies and giants like Microsoft.
• Some of the familiar programs are not available for Linux. For example, iTunes and Adobe products, in particular the well-known Photoshop. Nevertheless, analogs of popular programs and games save the situation. A great alternative to iTunes is the Spotify music service. And with Wine, you can run many products that are not intended for this system on Linux.

Windows

Everyone is familiar with Windows, so without further ado, let’s briefly go through the main advantages and try to identify possible disadvantages.

Advantages and disadvantages

• Windows is the most popular OS. And therefore, there are almost all programs for it, it works with almost all known devices.
• Great popularity can also be considered a disadvantage, since most viruses, adware, hidden cryptocurrency miners, etc. are created and distributed for Windows.
• On Windows, you can find a wide variety of code editors and special programming tools.
• OS editions quickly become outdated and are no longer suitable for solving some problems. Therefore, you have to constantly purchase the new version you need.