windows xp.

linux operating system.

110083 & Pawan
Could you please be more clear on this?

which is correct

dear Mr. 110083 & Mr Pawan

Your Answers lead for more confusion. This link is a 
channel to help one self and all who wish to become 
successfull in their life. Kindly do not give answers if 
you are not sure, and do not play.

the way you get clear solution for your problems, you also 
learn to be very clear when you answer any of the Qn.

As my qn above what is trusted OS and untrusted OS, you 
should answer what is that and why is so.

Expecting a gentle mans reply asap..

Regards
ghate_vm@rediffmail.com

As per my perspective , I used to say any/all UNIX flavors
rather than MS WINDOWS

Because of 
    1. File/Directory permission (Action:Read/Write/Execute,    
       permissions can be given on behalf of the particular 
       User/group/Others).

    2. All the unix configuration as files rather than 
       Registry (windows)
       a. which cause the application to fail when a newer 
          or incompatible dynamic library is installed.
       b. Some times you may need to restart the entire 
          system to update the changes with registry. 

    3. Linux Strong password protection. It won't get booted 
       (Drop you @ the GUI) without the successful 
       authentication (even though you don't have any more 
       users rather than admin/root).In Linux setting 
       password to the admin/root users is must during the 
       installation itself.

       Where as in windows, let allow you to leave the 
       password as blank for admin/other user, System also  
       booting without authenticating.

    4. Linux is open source, free under GNU. It doesn't mean 
       that its only free to install or use, but in fact you 
       can have these source codes and they are allowing you 
       to change it and redistribute it.
       
        Windows is Lincesed os. Windows is developed by 
        Microsoft.

    5.  Linux is more secure, windows is less secure than 
        linux in case of virus, worms.
        Because in Linux all the files/directory won't get 
        executable permission, Perhaps you need to set it 
        manually. Though by default all the incoming trojen, 
        virus, malwares and worms won't affect the system.

    6.  Distribution
        Linux : Linux has many distributors like Radhat, 
        mandrake, Corel etc
        Windows : whereas windows has only Micrsoft.

     7. Run Level
        Linux works on both GUI & Console mode (Checkout the 
        various run levels runlevel 0 - runlevel 6 Generally 
        known as init level)).
        Windows :  Only GUI.
    
     8. By default LINUX have multiuser, multitasking, 
        multiprocessing, multiprogramming features. Perhaps 
        this will not be available on windows(Except some 
        versions), In that case you need to PAY & BUY      
     
        the extra features in windows.

     9. You can play around the Linux through LIVE CDS on a 
        Windows machine. 

        Only is a live CD that runs over windows, in RAM, 
        and doesn't change your system at all..the other is 
        an install disk. I've used the live CD on two XP 
        machines and they both ran flawlessly. When you
        want to quit, just go to logout under system tools, 
        and shut down.
        Linux will turn itself off, eject the disk, and turn 
        of your PC.
        Remove the disk, boot up, and you're running your 
        Windows again.

        This is the way we are checking the newly bought 
        NIC/others hardwares support with all the Linux 
        distributors. Once it got detected, its very easy to 
        get the device driver names and other details about 
        that new hardwares, then compile the new kernel
        image (bzImage) on your own build version systems.