Lien	Windows	Solaris	MACOS	Linux	FreeBsd
Computer Architectures supported	x86, x86-64	x86, x86-64, SPARC	68k, PowerPC	x86, x86-64, PowerPC, SPARC, Alpha, others	x86, x86-64, PC98, SPARC, others
Gui default is on	Oui	Oui	Oui	- depends on distribution	Non
Target system type	Workstation, personal computer, media center, Tablet PC, embedded	Server, workstation	Workstation, personal computer	Desktop/Server Depends on distribution	Server, workstation, NAS, embedded
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)	UFS, ZFS, ext2, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, QFS, some others	HFS+, HFS, MFS (Mac OS 8.0 and before), AFP, ISO 9660, FAT(System 7 and later), UDF	ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, and others	UFS2, ext2, ext3, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, ReiserFS (read only), XFS (experimental), ZFS, others
User friendly for lay users	Oui very user friendly	Non	Oui	- depends on distribution	Non
Integrated firewall	Windows Firewall	IPFilter	Application Firewall	chroot, capability-based security,[s 5] seccomp, SELinux	IPFW2, IPFilter, PF
Encrypted file systems	Oui	Oui	Oui	Oui	Oui
Security threats	Huge	negligible	negligible	negligible	negligible
Shell terminal	CMD	BASH	BASH	Bash shell powerful shell with alot of features	Bash
Kernel type	Hybrid	Monolithic with modules, user space file systems	Monolithic with modules	Monolithic with modules	Monolithic with modules