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The main advantage of a system without GUI is higher reliability, resulted by fewer working components, as each of them may crash the whole system. For example Windows platforms cannot work because of a corrupted display driver, which is impossible in Linux configuration without GUI. Another advantage of Linux is ability to create scenarios for a number of administrating tasks and running them in command mode. Because of the difficulties with describing mouse-clicks in command files, windows administrators often have to look for analogies in command mode in order to solve tasks, which are easily solved by standard GUI network tools.

Remote administration of Windows NT server is considered to be rather complicated. Even though that it was adjusted for remote administration by such components as rcmd.exe (Remote Command Service) in combination with regini and regedit applications, nevertheless remote administration remains to be quite different from local analogue. Linux and other operation systems, which originated from Unix fully, support remote administration, as the only difference is the speed of data exchange.

Security features of Linux are also more advanced as in majority Linux users run non-root user ids, which limits activities of viruses, while in windows such features often not available. Most of Windows users use administrator user id, which makes the whole system vulnerable for virus attack.

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At the same time Linux has a number of deficiencies. One of the main is installation issue, as Linux doesn't support all existing hardware components, as a number of hardware manufacturers do not provide drivers for Linux operation systems, but for Windows only. Another problem is hardware update on the Linux installed platform. Windows has a friendlier installation wizard and standard options of hardware update. From the other side in terms of compatibility, Linux doesn't support a number of programs, which were designed for MS Windows even under WINE interpreter. It restricts use of Linux on multipurpose platforms and limits its use to a powerful network operation system.

Making a conclusion it's important to note that neither Windows nor Linux can be mutually substitutable. Each of these systems can be an alternative for certain functions. Linux is more powerful for networking and has more options for developers, as it's an open source system. From the other side Windows is an acknowledged standard. Today, when Microsoft representatives said that corporation is ready to open access to system's code Linux has a lot of chances to become "a system created by hobbyist for hobbyists."

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