Link | Windows | Linux | MACOS | FreeBsd | Solaris |
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Computer Architectures supported | x86, x86-64 | x86, x86-64, PowerPC, SPARC, Alpha, others | 68k, PowerPC | x86, x86-64, PC98, SPARC, others | x86, x86-64, SPARC |
Gui default is on | Yes | - depends on distribution | Yes | No | Yes |
Target system type | Workstation, personal computer, media center, Tablet PC, embedded | Desktop/Server Depends on distribution | Workstation, personal computer | Server, workstation, NAS, embedded | Server, workstation |
File systems supported | NTFS, FAT exFAT ISO 9660, UDF; 3rd-party drivers support ext2, ext3, ReiserFS,[t 10] HFS+, FATX, and HFS (with third party driver) | ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, and others | HFS+, HFS, MFS (Mac OS 8.0 and before), AFP, ISO 9660, FAT(System 7 and later), UDF | UFS2, ext2, ext3, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, ReiserFS (read only), XFS (experimental), ZFS, others | UFS, ZFS, ext2, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, QFS, some others |
User friendly for lay users | Yes very user friendly | - depends on distribution | Yes | No | No |
Integrated firewall | Windows Firewall | chroot, capability-based security,[s 5] seccomp, SELinux | Application Firewall | IPFW2, IPFilter, PF | IPFilter |
Encrypted file systems | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Security threats | Huge | negligible | negligible | negligible | negligible |
Shell terminal | CMD | Bash shell powerful shell with alot of features | BASH | Bash | BASH |
Kernel type | Hybrid | Monolithic with modules | Monolithic with modules | Monolithic with modules | Monolithic with modules, user space file systems |