What can Windows do that Linux can't?

[Tikkyca]

It can get fu*king viruses

[snip3r8]

Ok the thing can get the dam viruses but they don't do anything to Linux,The virus gets onto Linux and its like,OMG WTF!!! there is no system32 and WTF is this file system?......Seriously ,i've never heard of a virus actually affecting Linux,however apparently WINE gets infected.

See: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=841223

And yes there is a guy in there saying there are "petty annoyances" out there but what kind of sicko would want to write a Linux virus?I reckon any virus ever made for Linux must be a flipping Microsoft project!!!

[fullofbeans]

I just been wondering what other users have found that windows is able to do that linux (more specifically ubuntu) cant do...

so far the only thing i have found that i cant do anymore is gaming and a few online videos dont work sometimes

also, add anything to the list that makes one better or worse than the other, such as linux being practically virus free

My tomtom will not work on ubuntu.
Can anyone help me

[fullofbeans]

My tomtom nav will not work on ubuntu can anyone help me please.
tomtom home will not work.

[Riel]

office.

sorry, open office is a distance away in professionality. for now, ms-office is unbeatable for me. Too bad, but it runs in wine tho

[fewt]

It can get fu*king viruses

Uhh so does Linux.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware#Viruses

It also suffers from the same fragmentation problem as NTFS:

http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4#head-3...f9cc2ef7217fb0

Windows can run Office, Visio, VMWare client, and 10,000 other apps that Linux cannot.

Windows has a great driver model, Linux drivers suck.

If you don't need them, then Linux may be OK for you, if you do, stick with Windows, you'll be happier.

[Objekt]

My tomtom nav will not work on ubuntu can anyone help me please.
tomtom home will not work.

Maybe TomTom Home can be made to run via Wine? I don't have a TomTom, so I can't test this. That's the only solution I can think of, short of virtualizing Windows in Ubuntu. But if you knew how to do that, I guess you wouldn't be asking us.

[steindor2]

Uhh so does Linux.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware#Viruses

a laughably small amount of those actually pose a threat to you. If you ever get a linux virus, you might want to keep it. Its like a digital artifact.

It also suffers from the same fragmentation problem as NTFS:

http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4#head-3...f9cc2ef7217fb0

Yes, but it happens a lot slower.

Windows can run Office, Visio, VMWare client, and 10,000 other apps that Linux cannot.

that is what wine is for

[lukedupree]

Work with dual 9800 GT video cards for starters.

[prodigy_]

Uhh so does Linux.

You need to do more research. Proof-of-concept *NIX viruses are nothing like common Windows viruses because they can't propagate (infect system binaries) unless you explicitly give them right to do so. If you don't login as root and don't run questionable binaries with sudo, your *NIX system isn't vulnerable to viruses.

The same isn't true about Windows. Even if your Windows account doesn't have elevated privileges, there are various exploits allowing to gain them. That's why any Windows system is always vulnerable.