Comparative Study of Operating Systems: Windows 7 V/S Ubuntu 9.0

2009-11-09T20:29:00.000-08:00

Comparative Study of Operating Systems

Windows 7 v/s Ubuntu 9.0

COMPARISON:

Windows 7:

UI (User Interface) Enhancements:

A redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar;
A new control panel interface;
Windows Explorer now includes a slideshow feature that changes the desktop background in a designated amount of time;
Start menu and window management enhancements;
The user interface for font management has been overhauled;

System Requirements:

1. Faster boot speed;

2. The DirectX version has been updated to 11;

3. Multi-touch support for Tablet PCs and other capable devices;

4. Native WWAN support, similar to native WiFi added in Vista;

5. Enhanced security features;

Ubuntu 9.10:

UI (User Interface) Enhancements:

1. Overall theme refresh;

2. Using the most up-to-date GNOME version;

3. A redesigned login manager;

System Enhancements:

1. Faster boot speed;

2. Ext4 will be the default file system;

3. Ubuntu One client will be installed by default;

Additional Features:

1. Empathy Instant Messenger will replace Pidgin;

2. Will utilize GRUB 2 as its default boot loader;

Commercials in Indian scenario

Sr. No.	Applications	Windows 7	Linux 9.0
1.	Operating system	12,000	Free of Charge
2.	Office Application	20,000	(Integrated with O/s ) Free of Charge
3.	Antivirus	2000	(Integrated with O/s ) Free of Charge
4.	Base Software Cost	32,000 (min)	Free of Charge
These prices are on average basis per pc. (depends upon the dollar price)

Our IT Comments:

Windows and Mac OS X is trying to be like Linux right now --fast and resource efficient. On the other hand, Linux on the desktop is still polishing its user-interface perhaps to be like Windows or Mac OS X.
We found the best O/s capabilities in Linux 9.0, If someone / organization migrates from one version to another version of windows o/s its worthless, better to move with growing technology providing by Linux 9.0 O/s.

TECHNICAL COMPARISON:

Install Time in Seconds:

At first glance, we can see very clearly that Ubuntu installs far faster than either version of Windows.

And, while that's true there is one important mitigation: both Windows Vista and Windows 7 run system benchmarks part-way through the installation to determine the computer's capabilities.

Install Mouse clicks

Surprisingly, Ubuntu 8.10 gets it done with half the clicks of Windows 7.

NB: hopefully it's clear this doesn't make Ubuntu 8.04 twice as easy to install. Measured in mouse clicks; fewer are better.

Disk Space Used:

While some people complain that we used the Ultimate editions of both Vista and Windows 7, they probably forget that the standard Ubuntu includes software such as an office suite as standard.

NB: Vista failed to detect the network card during install, leaving us without an internet connection until a driver was downloaded on another computer

Boot up and Shutdown time:

Shutdown time in seconds:

Windows lags a little behind the Linux, with 64-bit again proving a sticking point - this time for Windows Vista.

IO Testing:

To test file system performance, we ran four tests:

1. Copying large files from USB to HD

2. Copying large files from HD to HD

3. Copying small files from USB to HD

4. Copying small files from HD to HD

The HD to HD tests copied data from one part of the disk to another as opposed to copying to a different disk. For reference, the large file test comprised 39 files in one folder, making 399MB in total; the small file test comprised 2,154 files in 127 folders, making 603MB in total.

Each of these tests were done with write caching disabled to ensure the full write had taken place.

USB Flash Drive to Hard Disk

Hard disk to Hard Disk

Large File USB to Hard Disk

Large File Hard Disk to Hard Disk:

64 Bit O/S Testing with python 2.5

Our comments on 64 bit O/s testing

It's clear from that graph that having a 64-bit OS can make a real difference in compute-intensive tasks, but it's not too pleasing to see Windows pip Linux to the post in nearly all results.

Switching to ext4

Ext3 & Ext4 File systems

Although there's no difference in shutdown speed, the boot time using ext4 dropped by 8 seconds, which is a fair improvement.

We can probably discount the USB to HD tests simply out of error margin, which leaves the HD to HD tests, and there we find a very healthy boost: 3.7 seconds were shaved off the small files test, making ext4 about 25% faster.

Our tests also showed an improvement in the large file test, but it's not as marked.

Conclusions:

Benchmarks are always plagued with questions, uncertainties, error margins and other complexities, which is why we're not going to try to look too deeply into these figures.

Obviously, we're Linux users ourselves, but our tests have shown that there are some places where Windows 7 really is making some improvement and that's good for competition in the long term.

However, Linux isn't sitting still: with ext4 now stable we expect it to be adopted into fairly quickly. Sadly, it looks like Ubuntu 9.04 won't be among the first to make the switch, so users looking to get the best performance from their Linux boxes will either have to fiddle with the default options, have patience, or jump ship to Fedora - which will be switching to ext4 in the next release.

VCAN Tech unveils sparkling new look of the website on Dusshera

2009-11-09T20:06:00.000-08:00

On the sacred day of Dusshera, VCAN Tech re-launched its existing site with grand celebrations. The family members VCAN Tech were present in traditional ethnic clothes making the environment lively and jovial.

Mr. Niraj Patel, Director of VCAN Technologies Pvt. Ltd., launched the websitewww.vcantech.com after holy rituals and Aarti. The inaugural ceremony was soon followed by inspiring words from Mr. Kaushal Alaiya (Marketing Head).
The new site is equipped with multi-features and uses the leading Web 2.0 technology. Following the global trends, VCAN Tech has also included Blogs, News & Events and dynamic Portfolio in the site. To interact with the clients on regular basis, the site provides links to VCAN Tech’s Facebook profile as well as Twitter account. The site is intended to be theme based and will don a fresh new look on frequent intervals.
The re-launch celebrations had a perfect ending with a feast and joyful celebrations by the VCAN Tech members.

SEO Checklists

2009-11-09T20:04:00.000-08:00

SEO Checklists

From the past few years, the E-marketing is getting an immense boom in internet world. According to the survey, in U.S. nearly 70% of the people are using internet for buying products. In addition, one more fact is nearly 65% of the people searching in search engines do not go beyond third page.

Here SEO comes in picture. SEO are the people who would help optimize webmaster’s sites to rank on search engines using various techniques. Here we are specifying some basic key points that would help SEO to rank sites on search engines.

1. Do rigorous Keyword Research.
2. Prepare Effective Title and Meta Tags.
3. Try to use keywords in Header section, mainly H1 and H2 headers.
4. Try to use text links rather than using graphic (images) to have a link.
5. If possible, try to keep your site static rather than making dynamic.
6. Use keywords in links for more privileges.
7. Have proper internal links that will help users as well the crawler to internally navigate through the site.
8. Have unique content on each page of your site.
9. Create sitemap for your site.
10. Submit your sites to web directories and write articles for your site.
11. Do SBM for the site you are working on.
12. Create blog for your site and place link from your blog to your site.
13. Use 3-way linking with other sites that are in the same niche.

These are some the basic checklist that I would suggest you to follow which will definitely help the webmasters to get their sites on raking. If somebody finds some more innovative and proven checklist, the users are most welcomed.

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Comparative Study of Operating Systems: Windows 7 V/S Ubuntu 9.0

VCAN Tech unveils sparkling new look of the website on Dusshera

SEO Checklists