linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Any programmers and people that understand the OS

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <sun408b@...> wrote:
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> Anyone know why windows use so many files just to keep the OS going and so bloated? Windows may be more user friendly than Linux do to Linux and Unix uses alot of command line and was built more for security where by windows for the average person.
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> The under line of files of windows is messy and loads self every where and very bloated with windows vista and windows 7 very much so.
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> I'm not sure if Linux /Mac OS X is like this or not .
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> I know windows needs to support alot more software and hardwar but is that not where drivers come in for the hardware.
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> And programmers need to write the software for windows or Linux / Mac OS X.
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First off Linux uses plenty of files for its internal operation.

Just one place where Linux stores system files:
spot:/etc# ls -lR | wc -l
3474

and another:
spot:/dev# ls -lR | wc -l
479

I guess this isn't too bad:
spot:/boot# ls -lR | wc -l
27

I wouldn't want to check the machine upstairs though that uses grub2

Does /usr/src/linux count?

Secondly Linux supports far MORE hardware than Microsoft EVER will!

http://tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/kernel.html

As far as software goes I am not sure which platform has more. I know I've compiled code written in the 70s and ran it on some of my Linux machines though. It took a bit of porting but I got it to run.

So I think you have Linux and Windows confused.