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Apple - Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu

How does Apple - Mac OSX Leopard compare to Ubuntu?

Advantages & Disadvantages of Apple - Mac OSX Leopard & Ubuntu

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Independent Unbiased Comparison Apple - Mac OSX Leopard & Ubuntu

Mac OSX Leopard  VS Ubuntu Introduction:

If you have reached this page you are most probably considering to buy or build a new PC/Laptop. Either way, you are probably looking for the best Operating System that meets your needs. We are offering many comparisons regarding Operating Systems. On this page we are comparing between two popular Operating Systems in the market today. Mac and Ubuntu are vendors for two of the most widely spreading Desktop and Laptop OSs today. Other OSs Comparisons can be reached from the menu in the left side. In this comparison, we will focus on the competitive information of Mac OSX Leopard & Ubuntu. It will have a complete overview of Ubuntu Versus Mac OSX Leopard

Feature  Mac OSX Tiger/Leopard            VS                  Ubuntu

      Company

           Apple

        Ubuntu

Logo

Editions

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Ubuntu – Desktop/Laptop Edition

Ubuntu – Server Edition

ITComparison Team Comments

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

One package with all the features

Ubuntu:

It is an open source operating system, free to download and install.

Virtual Desktops Yes Yes

ITComparison Team Comments

 

 

 

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

With the help of Virtual Desktops (called Spaces) of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard you can have one desktop open for work and another for gaming and still another one for multimedia, all at the same time, without having to work on one cluttered desktop. To see Mac Virtual Desktops (Spaces) click here

Ubuntu:

Ubuntu has upto 36 virtual desktops (called workspaces) each  of which can be individually named by you according to the applications/documents you place in them. The way you swap between with them can look great when you enable some eye candy for it.

Touch screen No No

ITComparison Team Comments

Third party application is required for both Ubuntu & Mac to support Touch Screens.

Built-in Security

Anti-Virus

Firewall

 

No

Yes

 

No

Yes

ITComparison Team Comments

 

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Firewall not turned on by default, but when its turned on its quite efficient

Ubuntu:

FireStarter firewall by default blocks all sites not listed safe by you.

Backup Time Machine Konserve

ITComparison Team Comments

 

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Time machine is quite easy and fast to you. Its quite how backup should be.

Ubuntu:

Directory to Directory Backup is available in Ubuntu. The backup can be stored in a variety of Media including FTP.

Programs Inbuilt

Mail

iChat

Safari browser

iPhoto

iMovie

iLife

Sherlock

Evolution 

Pidgin Instant Messenger 

Firefox

Tomboy

F-Spot

Open Office Suite

ITComparison Team Comments

 

 

 

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

More than 300 inbuilt programs according to Apple.

Sherlock allows presentation of useful information without using web browser

Safari is a bit faster and quite more secure than IE

Ubuntu:

Firefox is the default web browser.  Tomboy is a reminder plugin that you get as a helpful deskbar, Apt-get give you quick access to thousands of free programs. Open Office comes inbuilt for free.

Command Line Very powerful shell, almost as complete set of commands as Linux shell.  Powerful Linux Shell.

ITComparison Team Comments

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has quite good of command line which almost as good as Linux Shell, where Ubuntu come with the full power of Linux Shell.
Business Tools

Remote Desktop

Screen Sharing

iChat Theater

Apache

Squid – Proxy Server

FTP Server

SAMBA

Apache2 Web Server

ITComparison Team Comments

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard & Ubuntu:

Both have Integrated web server Apache which is the most used web server on the web.

Auto Updates Yes  Yes

ITComparison Team Comments

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Available out of the box.

Ubuntu

Auto updates is out of the box and not limited to the OS, but also extend to the applications.

Technical Support Yes  Yes

ITComparison Team Comments

Both Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Ubuntu come with required Technical Support. Though Mac support is provided by Apple as a large corporate, where Ubuntu is more of a community support.
Hardware Performance Tools No No

ITComparison Team Comments

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard & Ubuntu has no inbuilt assessment tool for optimizing hardware, but third party tools are available and many are free.

Computer Accessories Sharing Yes Yes

ITComparison Team Comments

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard & Ubuntu offers Sharing of computer accessories like printer.

Bluetooth Capability

Yes

Yes

ITComparison Team Comments

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Secure and easy

Ubuntu:

Rarely takes long time to configure bluetooth.

TV Apple TV MythTV

ITComparison Team Comments

 

 

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Apple TV does not allow recording of TV shows

Ubuntu:

MythTV installation on a fresh copy of Ubuntu

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~css8044/?q=mythtv

http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_ubuntu.php

Gaming

Gaming Network Support

 

No

 

No

ITComparison Team Comments

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Gaming Network Support Not applicable

Ubuntu

Some of the Gaming Networks supported are Quake4, Unreal Tournament 2004, Doom 3

Media QuickTime Player Totem

ITComparison Team Comments

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Both Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard & Ubuntu offers a descent media player with the first one offering a bit more secure player.

Parallelization

Yes

Almost

ITComparison Team Comments

 

 

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Fusion or Parallel 2.0 can be used to run Linux & Windows applications just as if they were a Mac applications. One of the main reason to consider Mac as you will still have all your Linux & Windows apps running, in addition to Mac apps.

Ubuntu:

With a complex customization Ubuntu can run windows just as if they were native, but a development for Parallelization solution similar to what available in Mac is on the way.  

System Requirements
Processor Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor Ubuntu is available for PC, 64-Bit and Mac architectures.
RAM 512MB  At least 256 MB desktop install CD
Disk Space 9GB of available disk space At least  2 GB

ITComparison Team Comments

 

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Lower System Resources required to run Mac

But an apple PC or Laptop is required.

Ubuntu:

Lower System Resources required to run Ubuntu

Performance On equivalent hardware + Stability

                High

            

                High

            

ITComparison Team Comments

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Optimize the usage of resource and perform quite well. Highly Stable. Fully tested and certified hardware.

Ubuntu:

Amazing Performance for a free OS

Pricing Leopard Price starts from US$110 at amazon.com Free

ITComparison Team Comments

 

-: Mac OSX Leopard vs Ubuntu :-

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

Pricing including all features

Ubuntu:

No licensing, Its free just as a free speech

  

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