Has Linux patching surpassed Mac and Windows?

This may seem like a shock, but is it possible that the Linux patching has surpassed the Mac and Windows operating systems? Recent vulnerabilities in Adobe Macromedia Flash and Mozilla Firefox that can affect multiple operating systems highlight a weakness in the Mac and Windows auto-update process because they're primarily focused on patching Apple and Microsoft specific issues. Most modern Linux distributions on the other hand like Redhat and SuSE have automatic update mechanisms that patch across the entire spectrum of software since Linux by its very nature is made up of a collection of applications from different sources. Most regular users don't really think about the patching process and can't possibly keep up with all the security advisories. If we take this particular vulnerability report for a critical flaw in Macromedia Flash, I would bet that the average computer user still hasn't and won't patch this vulnerability until some mechanism forces them to update it. The Windows and Mac update mechanism will not bother with this particular vulnerability, but Redhat has already released a patch as a part of regular Linux update process. Microsoft has released patches for Macromedia Flash in the past but only because it was the version bundled with Microsoft Internet Explorer.