Originally Posted by CyberSEO

What are you talking about? Ubuntu is an operating system, while iMac is just a PC brand (one of many like Asus, Lenovo etc).

If you are going to compare Ubuntu with Mac OS X (which is not iMac PC), when course Ubuntu will be more useful, because it's an open-source Linux system.



In Ubuntu you can have it vertical, horizontal or no taskbar at all. You can use various window managers which can be configured in the exact way you want it. I mean you can make them looking absolutely differently. Everything is adjustable in Linux and there is no such a thing as "standard look" of desktop

In Ubuntu your desktop may look like one of these:

EDIT : ... bunch of pics......

I would not compare the Linux freedom with shitty Mac OS X made for stupid housewives.