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    Windows was developed by Microsoft in 1985 and is a closed source, paid software requiring a license. It is less secure than Ubuntu and offers comparable but not superior performance. As such, it is popular among ordinary users and gamers. Ubuntu was developed by Canonical in 2004 and is an open source software that can be used freely without a license. It is more secure and faster, making it popular within developer and tester communities, though it is more difficult to learn than Windows. Both operating systems have their own advantages and disadvantages depending on a user's needs and preferences.

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    Windows was developed by Microsoft in 1985 and is a closed source, paid software requiring a license. It is less secure than Ubuntu and offers comparable but not superior performance. As such, it is popular among ordinary users and gamers. Ubuntu was developed by Canonical in 2004 and is an open source software that can be used freely without a license. It is more secure and faster, making it popular within developer and tester communities, though it is more difficult to learn than Windows. Both operating systems have their own advantages and disadvantages depending on a user's needs and preferences.

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    A Technical Evaluation Report Between Windows and

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    Windows was developed by Microsoft in 1985 and is a closed source, paid software requiring a license. It is less secure than Ubuntu and offers comparable but not superior performance. As such, it is popular among ordinary users and gamers. Ubuntu was developed by Canonical in 2004 and is an open source software that can be used freely without a license. It is more secure and faster, making it popular within developer and tester communities, though it is more difficult to learn than Windows. Both operating systems have their own advantages and disadvantages depending on a user's needs and preferences.

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    A technical evaluation report between Windows and Ubuntu

    Windows operating system is developed by Microsoft and it is developed in


    November 1985 and Windows 10 released on July 2015. It is a closed source software
    so it is paid and needs a valid and authenticated license to use it. For support it
    depends on Microsoft. As it is less secure than Ubuntu and does not give comparable
    performance to Ubuntu it is used by ordinary user and game players. Windows is very
    easy to learn and start with as compared to Ubuntu.
    (Ref https://www.geeksforgeeks.org)

    Ubuntu operating system is developed by Canonical Ltd and it is developed in in


    October 2004. It is an open source software so it is free and do not a license to use it.
    For support it depends on the open community through internet. As it is more secure
    and faster it is used by the developer and tester community. Ubuntu is not easy to
    learn and start with as compared to windows as it mainly works with commands. It
    has no visual assistant like windows. It is certainly lighter than Windows operating
    system.(Ref https://www.geeksforgeeks.org)

    Difference between Windows and Ubuntu

    Windows Ubuntu
    1 Windows operating system is creted Ubuntu operating system is Creted by
    by Microsoft. Canonical Ltd.
    2 This is a closed source software This is an open source software.
    3 Users need to have a valid and Users need not to have a license to use
    authenticated license to use this. this
    4 Support for File Systems-Ext4, Jfs, Support for File Systems-FAT32, NTFS,
    ReiserFS, Ext2, Ext3, Xfs, FAT32, FAT, exFAT
    NTFS, Btrfs, FAT
    5 Windows requires a minimum of Ubuntu requires a minimum of 700 Mhz
    1000 Mhz processor and with 4 GB processor with 384MB RAM.
    of RAM,
    6 Kernel type of Windows is Hybrid Kernel type of Ubuntu is Manolithic.

    A developer and tester community loves to use Ubuntu where as the general user and
    gamer community prefers to use Windows so its mainly based on user’s requirement
    and choice.Both Windows and Ubuntu have their own advantages and disadvantages
    and user community.Very user frendely is windows Opreting System

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