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If you are looking for high performance, high speed, the FASTEST
operating system in the world running a database server, than your
wait is over!! Linux is super-fast running "superb OS" most suitable
to run a database server on it!
Borland Corp had recently released Interbase SQL server on Linux!!
check that out.
Salient Features of Linux Operating System
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· Linux is the FASTEST operating system in the world! Linux runs MUCH
FASTER
than Windows95/NT. Linux is 1.2 to 3 times faster than Windows NT or 95.
In
command-line console mode without X-windows it runs even faster (console
mode
is most ideal for servers like database servers, webservers,
emailservers..etc.)
· Linux is the most RELIABLE OS. Windows95, Windows NT fail the
CRASH_OS_TEST
programs 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
crashme*.rpm on cdrom). Very often Windows95 users will get GPF errors
and the
system freezes. Linux is very robust because it is built by millions of
people
on internet and there are no errors in the kernel. Linux runs for one
full
year without 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 (with hundreds of CPUs).
Linux fully supports SMP(Symmetric Multi-Processing) boxes with more
than
one cpu. Windows 95 supports only one cpu box. Linux scales much BETTER
than NT on SMP (Symmetric Multi Processors) boxes.
· Linux is fully 32-bit/64-bit operating system. And Linux is very
modular and
is easily ported to 64-bit chips like DEC alpha, UltraSparc. Windows95
has vast
majority 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
little as 2 MB in console mode without X-windows. Windows 95 and NT
CANNOT
because the graphic engine
in built inside the kernel which makes Windows95/NT a resource hog.
Graphic
engine 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
which 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.
For example, you can remote login and do many system administration
tasks, for example
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 Unix’s like Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO are 100%
POSIX com
pliant.
· You get the complete source code for Linux OS and all of it’s
applications, wh
ereas Windows 95/NT is proprietary from a mono-polistic vendor and you
get
only the binaries. Having the source code of Linux is vital for
companies
because they can quickly add advanced features and share it with every
other
companies 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 thousands of US dollars! It is better to spend
money on
hardware 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 InfoWorld computer magazine
· The movie ‘TITANIC’ was created using Linux on Digital Alpha! Linux
was used
to create computer graphics, animations of all the shots in the movie
‘TITANIC’
which made $1000 MILLION U.S. dollars in box office!
· Linux was also used for storing data from experiments in the space
shuttle.
Linux was orbiting the earth in space!
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/
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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)
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Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets : Linux has TeaPot, WingZ, Moods and NeXS.
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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 FREE for
download!!), ApplixWare office suites, Coreldraw suites(linux) and on cdrom see SGML Tools, Jade, Andrew Office suite at ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/AUIS (Open Source Code!!)
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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
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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:
iamcliff_at_ix.netcom.com
FreeDesigner 3D-CAD http://www.fpa-engineers.com/OD CAD Libraries - See on Linux cdrom Mesa 3D graphics, EZWGL, GGI OpenGL Silicon Graphics lib for Linux from Portable Graphics Inc at http://www.es.com Email: debbie@portable.com BRL-CAD (U.S Ballistic Research Lab CAD) ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/rays/brlcad SpiceCAD ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/Linux/apps/circuits/spicecad-15.1.lsm AC3D package at http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/andy/ac3d.html Email: andy_at_comp.lancs.ac.uk MicroStation CAD http://www.bentley.com/academic/products/linux.html Finite Element Analysis Tool for Civil/Mechanical engg - Visit sitement
Corel Draw, ApplixWare CAD package SisCAD ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/cad/siscadp
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Adobe Photoshop (Image Editor) : Linux has ImageMagick and GIMP at http://www.gimp.org and also on linux cdrom http://www.wizards.dupont.com/cristy/ImageMagick.html
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Intersolv PVCS (Source Code Control System): Linux has RCS and CVS SCCS.
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Progamming languages : Linux has C, C++, Java, Lisp, Fortran, Perl,
Python, Pas
cal, Intel X86 assembler, awk, sed, korn shell, zsh, bash,
tcsh, Tcl/Tk, Prolog, Rexx, Smalltalk, SQL, yacc, flex, Ada, COBOL and
h
undreds more on cdrom.
Computer Games : Linux has Hundreds of computer games like chess, doom
etc.. on
linux cdrom
More Linux Packages : Visit the site mentioned on top of this page. Also
See the
description of all 1500 packages using the command
rpm -qip /mnt/cdrom/some_package_name*.rpm (See also 'man rpm')http://www.suse.com
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You can get linux cdrom from one of following web sites- http://www.lsl.com http://www.cheapbytes.com http://linuxcentral.com/ http://www.caldera.com http://www.linuxmall.com/ http://www.redhat.com
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