Pros/Cons of Windows and Linux

This thread is an attempt at a better thread than what happened last time. In this thread, members will submit Pros and Cons of both Windows and Linux Distros. We will keep this open for anyone to submit to, as long as you do not submit false information. No OS Flamewars please, I'm making this to spread the truth and end the Windows vs Linux Wars.
Opinions, such as User Friendliness, will not be added to this list.

Windows:
+Supports Majority of Programs
+Supports Proprietary Formats
+More known, so more support
-Expensive
-License that Limits its users
-Thousands of Virus Mutations are written every day, and a few new viruses are written daily
-Runs poorly on older hardware

Linux:
+Cheap/Free(Cost)
+License that does not Limit its users
+Supports Majority of Windows Programs(through WINE)
+Very few Viruses are written
+Open-source, which leads to a variety of Pros that most of MFGG will assume are lies and/or opinions
+Runs well on older hardware
-Less known, so less support
-Supports Few Windows Games(through WINE)
-Technical legal issues with supporting certain proprietary formats out of the box

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Oct 22 2009, 02:36 PM

These topics never end well but here goes

-Windows is more known and is on most prebuilt computers, which are more common than self built ones.
-Linux is less known and I don't think its on any prebuilt computers but seem to be the choice for the ones building a computer.

This post has been edited by Datt on Oct 19 2009, 07:11 PM

Windows:
+ Can play GM games
+ User friendly
Linux:
- Cant play GM games

The GM Games would fall under Windows can run Majority of Programs and Linux can't run Majority of Games.

User Friendly is opinion, based on what an user is used to using, which is usually Windows, but some people find Linux Distros more User Friendly.

Linux is found on most prebuilt Servers and quite a few prebuilt Desktops. Windows is a majority, but Linux is out there.

Yeah I forgot about the servers

...that many?

Laughing so hard right now.

ubuntu is more user friendly than windows

even Arch can be more user-friendly than Windows after you install it with the desktop you want

This post has been edited by RetroXYZ on Oct 19 2009, 07:24 PM

and this is why these topics do terrible

this topic is the same thing, except the first post has a few reasons why windows is good

i mean god onilink already starting defending linux in like 2 posts

I didn't defend Linux, I listed facts. All I said in my posts that weren't the first post is that Linux cannot run a majority of games and Linux can be found on several servers.

You were defending with facts.

Please stop trying. Christ.

Another "Windows and Linux" thread?

You're asking too much. People eventually get in arguments because they will soon disagree with some point.

This post has been edited by Zenor on Oct 19 2009, 09:06 PM

see OniLink, theres this thing called opinions
stop forcing yours on us

windows
-comes on computers

linux
-can't be bothered to change

This post has been edited by LuigiFan on Oct 19 2009, 09:20 PM

Did you not read the first post? I'm not allowing opinions to be submitted.

...Sorry, Onilink, but it's not gonna work.

I mean, you can't actually restrict people from saying what they want.

I mean, I could here say Windows doesn't fancy me because it's slow on my computer. Why? Because it's my experience.

Also, I could say Linux isn't popular in my home country, therefore there's not much information about it in my language. Why? Because it's my experience.

In a message board, opinions is pretty much all you'll get.

since when is linux ever on prebuilts that aren't netbooks