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One day I thought “Mac is Similar to Linux only. Then why Mac Book price is too high?”

Then I started to know the difference between Linux and Mac OS

In this blog, I will share what I know.

Linux Vs Mac

First, we start from Linux then we will see about Mac OS

Linux was released on 17 September 1991
Basically, it is open-source, free and everyone can access it.
Linus Torvalds who developed the Linux OS based on Unix.
We need skills to use the Linux operating system and it’s not like Windows.
It needs skills so it is difficult for beginners who interested and using Linux.
Linux is Developed by using the C language.
Already I said Linux is based on Unix.
There are many distributions in Linux. For example, Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat, Arch Linux, Kali, Linux Mint, Kubuntu, Zorin etc.
The users of Linux are more than 250 million around the world.
Also, Linux is a Kernel-based Operating System.

Now we will see about Mac OS

Mac OS was released on 24 March 2001
It is not open-source and not everyone can access it
Apple Inc. is the developer of Mac OS
When compared to Linux we don’t need more skills to access Mac OS and it is simple to use.
Very easy for beginners who using Mac OS
Linux is developed by using C, C++, and Swift Languages
Similarly, Mac OS is based on Unix as Linux
There are no distributions in Mac OS like Linux
When compared to Linux the users of Mac OS are less and only 100 million people using Mac OS.
Mac OS is also a Kernel-based Operating System.

For your reference, I gave table format difference for Linux and Mac OS below,

S.No	Linux	Mac OS
1	Basically, Linux is an Open Source. It means it is totally free.	But Mac OS is a Closed Source. It means it is not free.
2	You need Skills to use Linux Operating System	Here we don’t want Skill. We need money for that 🙁
3	It is very difficult for beginners	This is quite easy to use
4	Written in C	Written in C, C++, and Swift
5	The developer of Linux is Linus Torvalds	The developer of MAC is Apple Inc.
6	Linux is Released on 17 September 1991	Mac OS is released on 24 March 2001
7	Linux is based on Unix	Here also it is based on Unix
8	There are a lot of distributions in Linux. Ex: Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali, Arch Linux, etc.	There are no distributions in Mac OS like Linux distributions
9	Users of Linux is over 250 million	But users of Mac OS is only 100 million
10	Linux is kernel-based	Also, Mac is based on kernel