RE: Operating Systems Linux vs. Windows

[Mario Gonzalez <mario.gonzalez@connecta.se>]

Hi!

My opinion regarding this issue is that it is all a matter of gaining
experience and to learn as much as one can about the OS being used...

At work I use NT/Win2000, but at home I use Linux. I must admit that in the
beginning, Linux wasn't the easiest thing to learn, but with time, I got a
certain "feel" for it, and now it is as good as any (if not better) OS that
I use, all purposes. 

>From a programmer's point of view, Linux (or any UNIX-based system) is very
good for improving one's programming habits. On Linux you never get away
with being lazy, for examle if you forget to allocate memory for a char*,
you'll get runtime segmentation faults (the same code runs ok on win). Also,
Linux provides faster execution than windows. I ran my own encryption
program (without changing the code) on an 10mb file, first on win, then
Linux. On windows, the execution time was 3.26 mins, and on linux the same
procedure took 1.10 mins. All of this was run on the same machine (thank god
for dual boot), and yes, the algorithm that I use is _very_ heavy.

So, chances are that your programs might get faster and more efficient
programs on Linux, who knows, provided that you wish to learn it!

Regards

Mario Gonzalez
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