All those who have been using Windows since Long and want to try linux then you should prepare yourself before facing Linux. Here I have tried to list out some similaritites as well Differences among the two operating systems which will be helpful to when you start with Linux. Here my aim was not to determine which OS is better but to make you aware about the new things which you might not be aware of Linux and might be confusing for you at first but as the time will pass all the things will be clear and you will get familiar with all these terms used in this post.