MAC vs Ubuntu (Minus Third Party Software)

[MasterNetra]

How does mac & ubuntu match up in areas like security, usability, etc? What do the systems have in common and whats differant, and when it comes to a balance of secuirty and usablity which one comes out on top?

[SunnyRabbiera]

You mean minus Wine or Crossover correct?
Or flash, realplayer adobe reader?
Whats the definition of third party software in this topic?
PPA's?
Added software not incuded in the repositories?

[MasterNetra]

You mean minus Wine or Crossover correct?
Or flash, realplayer adobe reader?
Whats the definition of third party software in this topic?
PPA's?
Added software not incuded in the repositories?

Again OS's by themselves. All third party software. I want to know how the OS's compare on a base level.

[SunnyRabbiera]

Very well, my vote still goes to Ubuntu.
The main reason why is that personally I think Gnomes interface is easier to use, I always had issues loading applications in OSX, its a pain in the @$#%

[MasterNetra]

Very well, my vote still goes to Ubuntu.
The main reason why is that personally I think Gnomes interface is easier to use, I always had issues loading applications in OSX, its a pain in the @$#%

Any thoughts on the security/vulnerability front?

[SunnyRabbiera]

In terms of security Ubuntu and OSX are equal, they both use a variation of Sudo.
Only hardware will matter here, obviously OSX has more upfront support then linux as you go out to the store and get a device it usually says Windows or OSX.
But honestly that doesnt matter much, as ubuntu does have pretty good hardware detection.

[tc3000]

The main difference at the lower, low, low level (kernel) is that Linux is a monolith kernel and OS X's kernel, Darwin, is a microkernel.

[MasterNetra]

The main difference at the lower, low, low level (kernel) is that Linux is a monolith kernel and OS X's kernel, Darwin, is a microkernel.

Not talking about the Kernals.^.^

[tubezninja]

Very well, my vote still goes to Ubuntu.
The main reason why is that personally I think Gnomes interface is easier to use, I always had issues loading applications in OSX, its a pain in the @$#%

Just curious: What exactly was painful about loading OS X apps?

[tubezninja]

Ubuntu & Linux Bias aside, which of the two OS are superior? How do they match up in areas like security, usability, etc? And as my title suggests minus Third Party Software. Also minus the cost factor, just purely OS vs OS...

To be perfectly frank: no one can answer that question, for anyone.

I am an avid mac user. I am also an avid linux and solaris user. I would never say that any of them are "superior." It all depends on your use case and you usage habits.