By your own admission, the product does matter, although it is largely going to be impacted by the knowledge of the user. Having administered both, I'd say a competent Linux admin is going to be better able to secure their operating system than a Windows one. There are just more options available to lock things down, and you can reduce the attack surface by stripping more components out.
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By your own admission, the product does matter, although it is largely going to be impacted by the knowledge of the user. Having administered both, I'd say a competent Linux admin is going to be better able to secure their operating system than a Windows one. There are just more options available to lock things down, and you can reduce the attack surface by stripping more components out.