Comparison of Operating Systems

Running head: COMPARISON OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
Comparison of Operating Systems
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1COMPARISON OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
Table of Contents
1. Comparison of Operating Systems..............................................................................................2
2. Best use of Operating Systems....................................................................................................3
3. References....................................................................................................................................5

2COMPARISON OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
1. Comparison of Operating Systems
Windows iOS Android OS X Linux Unix
Supported
Computer
Architectures
The
supported
computer
architectures
are x86-64
and x86 (He
& Da Xu,
2014).
The
supported
computer
architectures
are arm64,
which is the
current 64-
bit ARM
CPU
architecture.
The
supported
computer
architectures
are ARMv7,
ARMv5TE,
ARMv8A
and x86
The
supported
computer
architectures
are
PowerPC
and 68k
The supported
computer
architectures
are x86,
PowerPC,
Alpha,
SPARC, PC98
and x86-64
Unix
Computer
Architecture is
based on
Kernel. It is
regarded as the
heart of the
operating
system.
Default
Graphical
User Interface
(GUI)
The default
GUI of
Windows is
ON
The default
GUI of iOS
is ON
The default
GUI of
Android is
ON
The default
GUI of OS
X is ON
The default
GUI of Linux
depends on the
distribution.
The default
GUI of Unix is
ON
Type of
Target
System
The type of
target
systems that
make use of
this OS is
Workstation,
Media
Center,
Personal
computer
and Tablet
PC
The target
systems of
iOS include
mobile and
handheld
devices
The target
systems are
handheld
devices and
mobile and
smartphone
devices
(Ramlee et
al. 2013).
The target
systems
include
personal
computer
and
workstation.
The target
systems
include
Server/Deskto
p that would
depend upon
distribution
The target
systems
include
Server/Desktop
that would
depend upon
distribution
Supported
File Systems
These are
FAT exFAT
ISO 9660,
NTFS, UDF
These are
APFS, HFS
Plus and
many others.
These are
exFAT,
FAT32 and
NTFS
(Bugiel,
Heuser &
Sadeghi,
2013).
HFS, HFS
+, MFS,
AFP, ISO
9660, FAT
and UDF.
ext2, ext3, ext
4, FAT,
ReiserFS, ISO
9660, NFS,
UDF and many
others.
These include
Btrfs, ext2,
ext3, ext 4,
HAMMER,
JFS and many
others.
User-
friendliness
Extremely
Friendly
Extremely
Friendly
Extremely
Friendly
Extremely
Friendly
Extremely
Friendly
Extremely
Friendly
Integration of
Firewall
Windows
Firewall is
integrated
within the
operating
Cisco iOS
Firewall
(iOS FW),
Cisco IOS
XE Fuji,
Android
Firewall
Application
Firewall is
integrated
within the
operating
Chroot
Capability-
based security,
SELinux
These include
SELinux,
GrSecurity,
Magic SysRq