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Kernel Comparison: Linux (2.6.21) versus Windows (Vista)
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Hardware Architecture
| Hardware Architecture Support (PC) | Linux | Windows | | PC x86 | Y | Y N (Starter not all) | | PC AMD64 | Y | Y N (Starter) | | PC IA-64 | Y | Y N (Starter) | | Hardware Architecture Support (general) | | Alpha | Y | N | | PPC | Y | N | | PPC64 | Y | N | | SPARC32 | Y | N | | SPARC64 | Y | N | | ARM | Y | N | | HP PA-RISC | Y | N | | Motorola 680x0 | Y | N | | MIPS | Y | N | | MIPS (DEC) | Y | N | | PowerPC | Y | N | | IBM S/390 | Y | N | | Cell (STI) | Y | N | | Atmel AVR32 | Y | N | | Hardware Architecture Support (game consoles) | | Nintendo Wii | N | N | | Microsoft Xbox 360 | N | N39 | | Microsoft Xbox | Y | N39 | | Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) | Y | N | | Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) | Y | N | | Nintendo Gamecube | Y | N | | Hardware Architecture Support (other) | | others | Y | N |
Multiprocessor Hardware
| Multiprocessor Support (architecture) | Linux | Windows | | Multiprocessor - SMP (-,#506) | Y | N (Starter, Basic, Premium) Y (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise) | | Multiprocessor - NUMA (-,#506) | Y | N (Starter, Basic, Premium) Y (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise) | | Hyperthreading (SMT) (-,#506) | Y | Y N (Starter) | | Multicore (-,#506) | Y | Y N (Starter) |
Hyperthreading Limits
| Hyperthreading SMT (limits) | Linux | Windows | | Maximum number of hyperthreads - 32bit (-,#506) | 2 (hardware limit) | 0 (Starter) 2 (hardware limit) (others) | | Maximum number of hyperthreads - 64bit (-,#506) | 2 (hardware limit) | 0 (Starter) 2 (hardware limit) (others) |
Multicore Limits
| Multicore (limits) | Linux | Windows | | Maximum number of cores - 32bit (#47, #506) | 2 (hardware limit) | 0 (Starter) 2 (hardware limit) (others) | | Maximum number of cores - 64bit (#47, #506) | 4 (hardware limit) | 0 (Starter) 4 (hardware limit) (others) |
Multiprocessor Limits
| Multiprocessor (limits) | Linux | Windows | | Maximum number of CPUs - 32bit (#47, #506) | >102443 | 1 (Starter, Basic, Premium) 2 (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)44 | | Maximum number of CPUs - 64bit (#47, #506) | >102443 | 0 (Starter) 1 (Basic, Premium) 2 (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)44 |
Hardware Form
| Hardware (PC) | Linux | Windows | | Desktop | Y | Y | | Laptop | Y | Y | | Media Center | Y | Y | | Tablet | | N (Starter, Basic) | | Rack, Server etc | Y | Y (see restrictions) | | Wearable | Y | Y | | Hardware (other) | | PDA | Y | N | | mobile phone | Y | N | | router | Y | N | | internet tablet | Y | N | | watch | N Y47 | N | | embedded (other) | Y | N |
Hardware Components
| Hardware Components | Linux | Windows | | supported list | LDP Suse RH | MS | | Hardware Support (new PC hardware) | | kernel15 | inconsistent (none-good15) | consistently good (OK-good15) | | drivers15 | inconsistent especially graphics (none-OK15) | consistently good exception graphics (none-good15) | | Hardware Support (old PC hardware) | | kernel15 | good (none-good15) | OK (none-good15) | | 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 | N | | PCI PnP | Y | Y | | ISA PnP | Y | N (default) Y (not default) |
ACPI
| ACPI | Linux | Windows | | ACPI 3.0 (some) | Y | Y | | ACPI 2.0 (some) | Y | Y | | ACPI 1.0 (some) | Y | Y |
APM
| APM (obsolete) | Linux | Windows | | APM | Y | N |
Hard Disk
| Hard Disk | Linux | Windows | | NCQ (SATA) | Y | Y | | TCQ (SCSI, IDE) | Y | Y | | S.M.A.R.T (SCSI, IDE) | 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 |
Peripheral Buses
| PCIe | Linux | Windows | | PCI-Express (PCIe) | Y | Y | | PCI-Express AER | Y | Y | | PCI | | PCI | Y | Y | | ISA | | ISA | Y | Y | | USB | | 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 |
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