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Kernel Comparison: Linux (2.6.28) versus Windows (Vista SP1)
Hardware Form
| Hardware (PC) |
Linux |
Windows |
| Desktop |
Y |
Y |
| Laptop |
Y |
Y |
| Media Center |
Y |
Y |
| Tablet |
Y |
N (Starter, Basic)
Y (others)
|
| Rack, Server etc |
Y |
Y (see limits) |
| Wearable |
Y |
Y |
| Hardware (other) |
| PDA |
Y |
N |
| mobile phone (cell phone) |
Y |
N |
| router |
Y |
N |
| internet tablet |
Y |
N |
| watch |
N
Y47
|
N |
| coffee machine |
N |
N
Y (XP)
|
| embedded (other) |
Y |
N |
Hardware Components
| Hardware Components |
Linux |
Windows |
| supported list |
LDP Suse RH |
MS |
| Hardware Support (new PC hardware) |
| kernel15 |
consistently good (none-good15) |
consistently good (OK-good15) |
| drivers15 |
inconsistent especially graphics (none-good15) |
consistently good (OK-good15) |
| Hardware Support (old PC hardware) |
| kernel15 |
consistently good (OK-good15) |
inconsistent (none-OK15) |
| drivers15 |
inconsistent (none-good15) |
inconsistent (none-good15) |
Hotplug
| Hardware (Hotplug) |
Linux |
Windows |
| CPU Hotplug |
Y |
Y |
| RAM Hotplug |
Y |
Y |
| PCI Hotplug |
Y |
Y |
| I/O host bridges Hotplug |
Y |
Y |
| SATA Hotplug |
Y |
Y |
| PATA Hotplug |
N |
Y |
PnP
| PnP |
Linux |
Windows |
| PCI PnP |
Y |
Y |
| ISA PnP (obsolete) |
Y |
N (default)
Y (not default)
|
ACPI
| ACPI |
Linux |
Windows |
| ACPI 3.0 |
Y |
Y |
| ACPI 2.0 |
Y |
Y |
| ACPI 1.0 |
Y |
Y |
APM
| APM |
Linux |
Windows |
| APM (obsolete) |
Y |
N |
Hard Disk
| Hard Disk (Buses) |
Linux |
Windows |
| eSATA |
Y |
Y |
| SATA |
Y |
Y |
| PATA (P-ATA i.e. IDE, EIDE, ATA, ATAPI) |
Y |
Y |
| SCSI |
Y |
Y |
| Firewire |
Y |
Y |
| USB2 |
Y |
Y |
| USB1 |
Y |
Y |
| Hard Disk (Details) |
|
|
| NCQ (SATA, eSATA) |
Y |
Y |
| TCQ (SCSI, PATA) |
Y |
Y |
| S.M.A.R.T (eSATA, SATA, SCSI, PATA) |
Y |
Y |
| SSD (Solid-State Drive) |
Y |
Y |
| flash drive as disk cache (N.B. not swap file) |
N |
Y |
| HHD (Hybrid Hard Drive - disk with flash cache) |
N |
Y |
| HHD cache limit |
- |
2TB |
| RAID - Hardware - Concatenation,0,1,4,5,6 |
Y |
Y |
| RAID - Hybrid (Fake) - Concatenation,0,1,4,5,6 |
Y |
Y |
| RAID - Software - Concatenation,0,1,4,5,6 |
Y |
N |
| HPA |
Y |
N |
Peripheral Buses
| PCIe |
Linux |
Windows |
| PCI-Express (PCIe) |
Y |
Y |
| PCI-Express AER |
Y |
Y |
| PCI |
| PCI |
Y |
Y |
| ISA |
| ISA (obsolete) |
Y |
Y |
| USB |
| USB 3.0 |
N
Y (patch)
|
N
Y (Windows 7)
|
| USB 2.0 |
Y |
Y |
| USB Bandwidth reservation |
Y |
Y |
| wireless USB |
Y |
Y |
| other |
| InfiniBand |
Y |
N45 |
| Cardbus |
Y |
Y |
| PCMCIA |
Y |
Y |
| ExpressCard |
Y |
Y |
| Firewire |
Y |
Y |
| SCSI |
Y |
Y |
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