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Kernel Comparison: Linux (2.6.21) versus Windows (Vista)

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	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	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 (some)	Y (some)
ACPI 2.0	Y (some)	Y
ACPI 1.0	Y	Y

APM

*APM*	Linux	Windows
APM (obsolete)	Y	N

Hard Disk

*Hard Disk*	Linux	Windows
SATA	Y	Y
PATA (P-ATA i.e. IDE, EIDE, ATA, ATAPI)	Y	Y
SCSI	Y	Y
NCQ (SATA)	Y	Y
TCQ (SCSI, PATA)	Y	Y
S.M.A.R.T (SCSI, PATA)	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 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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