| 1. | Free of cost and open source | Commercial and comes with a price |
| 2. | Completely customizable | user cannot ACCESS any SYSTEM files |
| 3. | Highly secure | Quite prone to viruses |
| 4. | Complex for users who are not from a PROGRAMMING background | Even a layman can operate |
| 5. | Can be booted from a logical or primary PARTITION | Has to be booted from primary partition only |
| 6. | Consumes more RUNNING space | Uses microkernel that takes lesser space |
| 7. | File names are case sensitive | File names are not case-sensitive |