Which is better? OSX or Ubuntu?

[Rainer Gutkas]

Richard Colbert Jr schrieb:

> Okay before you guys/gals answer that, I have a set of guidelines that 
> I would like used in answering that question.
>
> **Note: I am very new to Ubuntu and have never used OSX, hence the 
> reason I am asking**
>
> Guidelines:
>
> 1.) Ease of install – including installation, setup and configuring 
> all connected devices
>
In my opinion identicall

> 2.) Overall ease of use – User-Friendly
>
In my opinion also identical, but depends on which field of usage you 
want to use it, so in some special multimedia context (like Flash, which 
is a headache in Ubuntu PPC) OSX wins, but when you wanna use freeware, 
or like to connect ftp drives read/write Ubuntu sure is the better choice.

> 3.) Ease of installing additional hardware (Post OS Install)
>
Also depends on the kind of Hardware you wanna install. My wlan Card 
(Orinoco) for instance works out of the box in Ubuntu and in OSX you 
need a special driver from sourceforge which is a headage, but my 
multifunctional device (printer + scanner from Canon) doesn't work under 
Ubuntu, but works "fine" under MacOSX, but also not as good as I'd like 
it to work

> 4.) Ease of uninstalling no longer used hardware (Without OS Re-Install)
>
Ubuntu wins there (hotplug) from my experience

> 5.) Ease of installing new software/games/etc.
>
Ubuntu wins, debians apt is the best package manager I've ever seen.

> 6.) Ease of uninstalling no longer used software/games/etc.
>
like 5.)

> 7.) Overall security and resistance to Viruses, Trojans, etc.
>
never had any of them either on Ubuntu nor on OSX

> 8.) Ease of removal of Viruses, Trojans, etc.
>
like 7.)

> 9.) Availability of GOOD software/games/etc.
>
Depends if you prefer freeware or commercial software. So freeware is 
kind of a headage in OSX, so it supports X11-display, but this uses a 
different keymap than the standard OSX Software, so this gets pretty 
nerving.
Commercial software is normally a headage in Ubuntu, so the freely 
available Flash Plugins for firefox,... don't work normally lead to a 
crash of my firefox,... There's only IBM-Java implementation which works 
on Ubuntu PPC, which I don't like, because the install is somehow 
nerving (installs in unspecivic directories, you gotta set sumbol links,...)

> I am asking this question SPECIFIC to use on an older G3 iMac 
> (Tangerine) with a 400Mhz. PowerPC Processor, 128MB Ram (May upgrade 
> this to 256 if needed), 10GB Hard drive (May upgrade this to 40GB if 
> needed), Internal DVD Reader, external BenQ Dual Layer DVD+-R/W w/ 
> Lightscribe, Micro Connectors iMac keyboard w/ 2port USB hub built in, 
> Kensington Orbit USB Trackball Mouse, USB External 120GB HDD formatted 
> FAT32 (Used for backing up files from both the iMac and Windows PC’s.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Richard Colbert
>
> “Recent Ubuntu Convert”
>
> YIM: cmptrgeeknshermantx
>
> ICQ: 14466429
>
> MSN: pcheaven2k at hotmail.com
>
Conlusion:
So I prefer to run both Ubuntu and MacOSX, because both have their 
advantages and disadvantages. In the moment I run only Ubuntu, because I 
wasn't able to buy MacOSX here in a store now for 3 month, it was either 
sold out or not available at all registered Apple-dealers near my home.

Hope this helps,

Rainer
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