Question

Explain advantages and disadvantages of open source operating systems.

Answer 1

vantage and disadvantage of open source software

Advantages of Open Source Software. ... This is mainly because theadvantages of open-source software is that it's free to use – its greatestadvantage. As it is developed by a non-profit community, it has somedisadvantages as well. Open-source software is free to use, distribute, and modify.

Answer 2

Advantages of Open Source Operating Systems

1. Freeware: Open source operating systems are often free which are known to save companies collectively up to 60 billion dollars a year.

2. It’s continually evolving in real time as developers add to it and modify it, which means it can be better quality and more secure and less prone to bugs than proprietary systems, because it has so many users testing it continuously and reporting errors or bugs.

3. You can modify and adapt open source software for your own business requirements, something that is not possible with proprietary systems.

Disadvantages of Open Source Operating Systems

1. Because there is no requirement to create a commercial product that will sell and generate money, open source software often tend to be developer oriented than user oriented.

2. For the same reason, they can be less “user-friendly” and not as easy to use because less attention is paid to developing the user interface.

3. Although the open source software itself is mostly free, there may still be some indirect costs involved, such as paying for external support.

4. Although having an open system means that there are many people identifying bugs and fixing them, it also means that malicious users can potentially view it and exploit any vulnerabilities thus harming the real users.