Which Operating System should I use?

We live in a world were electronic devices help us in all our daily work and most of the electronics work based on a software instead of just electrical ON|OFF logic and this ease of use is provided by using something called as Operating System.

Operating System – The simplest explanation for this term

A Software that provides a helping hand to the user by instructing the hardware what to do while keeping the interface easier to work with.

Not all Operating Systems provide a user friendly environment but it’s still a lot easier that instructing the hardware to process the requests manually.

If we go deeper in this you’ll find out that there are a lot of Operating Systems that are available for use, a few of them are designed from scratch and others are made using existing  OSs as base.

Your Digital Washing Machine, The Oven you use , everything has an Operating System behind the scenes but such devices use Embedded Operating System which provides limited functionality based on the product usage while other Operating Systems like Linux , Windows , and Mac cross the levels of functionality by having the capability to be extended using various sub programs or software.

Come to the Point!

That looks like enough explanation about what an OS , so lets get to the point where we select which one should we use.

Since, we are dealing with Computers at the moment we have 4 options in mind.

1. Windows
2. Linux
3. Mac
4. BSD

Even though Mac, BSD, Linux all come under UNIX I’ve separated them based on their usage.

Most of the sites would tell you that it doesn’t matter which OS you use and that is true to a level. It just depends on which of them you find easier to use or comfortable to use.

Let’s take an Example of a guy name ‘Sri'(ME!!!)

1. Sri like graphic designing and UX Designing and hence he needs an OS that is fast in processing images, A windows system can do this but the optimal OS would be Mac OS  X. If Sri can’t afford a MAC then his 2nd alternative would be a powerful Windows machine.
2. Sri might also be a developer ( Which I am ) and a developer needs a fast machine so MAC , BSD, Linux are the options. Now if he wants to save money while having full control over the system he would go for free BSD distributions or Linux Distributions but again if he can afford a MAC then so be it. Linux is still recommended because the developers like me , like to customize every inch of the desktop.
3. He ( Sri ) is not a businessman but if he was a Windows Machine with all the necessary Windows Software with a 4Gig Ram would suffice his requirements.

The conclusion is every OS that we have can be used for all the work that a person might wanna do but the feasibility and compatibility changes based on the user’s budget.

Overall a MAC and Linux can be used for everything but MAC requires a special system unless you are using a Hackintosh Distribution , but that doesn’t mean Windows is not worth it. Windows can be used for everything but the specs that the system uses will change accordingly.