Difference Between Linux and Windows

Parameter	Windows	Linux
Introduction	It is an Operating System developed by Microsoft and  named Windows on November 20, 1985 as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS	Linux is a Unix Like Operating System introduced by Linus Torvalds and was first released on 5 October 1991.
License Type	Proprietary Commercial Software and must have to be Purchased before using Windows OS.	Except Red Hat all versions are free and are distributed under GNU GPL License.
File System Supported	NTFS,FAT,FAT 32, ISO 9660, UDF,	Ext,Ext2, Ext3, Ext3, ReiserFS, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, NTFS, JFS, XFS, Minux and GmailFS
Versions	Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 etc.	Red Hat, Suse Linux, Debian, Knoppix, Ubuntu etc.

Ext, Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4 Linux File Systems

EXT (Extended File System)

 It was the first file system for Linux kernel developed by Remy Card in April 1992. It was based on metadata structure .It was the first file system that implemented VFS( Virtual File System ). Some features of this file system are as follows:
a) It supports maximum partition size up to 2 Giga Bytes.
b) It support file name size up to 255 characters long.
c) It lacked in timestamps (the current time of an event that is recorded by a computer) for modifications to inodes (a data Structure that stores all the information about a file except its name and its actual data) and to data.
d) It lacked in providing support for separate access for each user and group.
e) Linked list technique was used for file handling.

EXT2(The Second Extended File System)