Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex...
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"Operating systems by current version" Mac OS: 14 Windows: 11 Linux: 6
I use Mint 21. Checkmate.
Nixos is at 23.11 :) Also, rolling releases are kinda fun: the latest commit so far is 46ae0210ce163b3cba6c7da08840c1d63de9c701 which roughly translates to nixos-unstable 403509863565239228514588166489915404446713104129 :D
Fedora 39
Windows 98 has entered the chat.
Me with my Windows 2000 😏
They really went downhill after that.
This is a rare case where it matters that Linux is not an operating system.
Technically version 5.0
and to think windows had 2000 years ago...
This, but unironically used as a marketing trick:
There was no v1 of Oracle Database, as co-founder Larry Ellison "knew no one would want to buy version 1"
That's why the first Oracle database is v2.
That's a fun fact
Slackware went from version 4 to 7 for a similar reason. But IIRC its reason was RedHat.
Fedora 39
Manjaro 23
Ubuntu 23
Linux Mint 21
Debian 12
I raise to you the current version of openSUSE Tumbleweed: 20240108! I think we've got the winner...
Factorial included?
This is why Bioshock Infinite is the best game ever made.
well, 23 years ago this graph would have had windows 2000 WAY in the lead.
that's how far and fast microsoft has gone backwards since the release of the GOAT windows.
Anime PFP leads me to believe OP uses arch btw.
My version is 20240107. Apple has some catching up to do.
Bro, is the apple os from the year 14 💀💀💀(THREE whole skull emojis for added emphasis)
Imagine someone thinking 07012024 would be a better scheme 😂
Meanwhile, ChromeOS 120 is off the scale
Lowest version number, lowest need for radical change to keep up to date. Golf rules. Linux wins. Somebody get Tux a green jacket.
I mean, technically Linux is still at 2.6, they've just been making up version numbers for the last 20 years or so.
:(
All version numbers are made up
Windows 2000 wins I think
Windows Server 2022
Oh dang!
One might take issue that it is not "current".
New versions of software are released because the older version was lacking in some way. Features, security, functionality.
Lowest number wins.
That’s why I only use TempleOS
Your system is defended by McAfee? That's cute. Mine is defended by the Lord God Jehovah.
Version numbering scenes are also arbitrary. In the case of Linux, the scheme is “Bump up the minor version until it’s too big. In that case bump up the major version instead”.
I use HAL 9000. Get up on my level.
I remain unimpressed.
It's also a reflection of how much money you will be spending on each ecosystem
Aren't there meme communities where you could put this instead?
The Linux Kernel version is at 6 point something, I think they're working on version 7. That's not the OS though, the current Ubuntu version under LTS is 22.04. That's more than twice as much as Windows.
Note I had to get this information from Wikipedia because Ubuntu's website is currently unusable corporate garbagepuke.
You’re not wrong about their website, but it still only took 2 clicks to get that information. For reference, I can’t find it at all on Debian’s website without clicking download and looking at the version number in the filename. But you can get that in one click so I suppose they’re doing better.
Edit: Sorry, I was wrong, you can see it under the Microsoft Azure section after one click:
If my guesses are correct, the major version number of Ubuntu marks the release year
Correct; the minor number is also the month. Which is why they're almost always .04 or .10; the LTS version is always released in April, with non-LTS releases that serve a similar purpose to Debian Unstable (newer package base at the possible expense of more bugs) are released in October. They also have a convoluted codename system, as many point release distros do.
Fedora 39 anyone?
Shit takes like 30 minutes to update 😭😭
takes 2-3 min for me
but wouldnt lower numbers mean no one needed to fix & revamp a working OS?
higher numbers mean more fuckups than needed to be fixed until it was so broken there was no longer a way to code you way out, had to start right from the start!
no it just means the OS is abandoned obviously, don't you know that any library with no commits in the last 20 minutes is not worth using /s
It really depends on what versioning means for the project. If we are talking about semantic versioning then a lower number only means there haven't been many breaking changes over time. Or that a lot of broken stuff has been kept that way because it would break compatibility.
Gentoo. I'd tell you the version number, but I'm still compiling.
My phone is on 23. Nextcloud is on 27.
I'm Arch and so is my wife (actually) and it doesn't have a version. We just roll ... and today my dongled, wireless mouse has stopped moving. The buttons still work and my laptop touchpad works fine.
wtf!
They make a pill for that...
Tips Fedora 39
Smh my head
MacOS according to other metrics tho. ... https://xkcd.com/1056/
There's always an XKCD about it! I love it!
oldie but a goodie
Laughs in OpenSuSe 42
That's why it's better than Ubuntu 23
non ironically, firefox did a jump in version numbers after firefox 4 because people were seeing the low number compared to other browsers, and would think they were behind technically.
While true & I remember folks actually using this in arguments for ‘slow development’, there is some merit to versioning differently for something expected to get minor updates to perpetually follow latest specs such. I can’t imagine trying to discern what a “breaking change” would be in this context. Or would you make a new version for every visual redesign? Dates might have just made more sense, but maybe ESR is easier to follow with the current scheme.
One of those bigger numbers is better herd instincts
I will say that in 2021 the M1 Mac mini was probably bang for buck the best computer you could get. Granted, that was mostly because GPUs were insanely expensive/inflated. But I was pretty impressed at the price points for those machines at the time. My buddy nabbed a refurbished M1 a few months after launch with 16gb ram/1TB SSD for $950 IIRC. He brings it to set for DIT/assistant editing work, still going strong entering 2024
I'm going to invoke Poe's Law and not assume this is sarcasm.
Is that that thing where someone says something wrong to get the right answer explained to them?
No, that's the thing where somebody Googles the result and gets the right answer.
Windows will reach 12 this year. Double score!
I recall at one point Windows 10 was going to be the last version of the OS and they would just maintain that. I'm wondering if they said that to get the last of the Windows 7 and XP users to finally move to 10?
That was never the company's official stance. One (non-spokesperson) employee said it once, and people ran with it.
macOS still trying to figure it out with attempt #14
It took Microsoft 98 attempts the first time! Then it took them an entire Millennium. Then 2000 attempts after that. And then after 12 more attempts, they've decided they need to change the keyboard... I'd say #14 ain't too bad.
We don't have a consistent convention as to what changes qualify for a version increment rather than update increment. A new kernel? A new interface convention? New icons for the mini-apps?
Windows 10 has more plug-and-play drivers than Win7 and Win8. It can recognize newer hardware and it can be installed natively from thumb drives. So a lot of features that were third party are now offical... long after I had access to the third-party libraries.
But then it combines the metro and the start menu. I never found a use for the metro.
Win11 is less operability and more DRM and more spyware.
For Apple and Microsoft, a new version is a new marketing season. It's the same as the new iPhone, the new Subaru.
I assume Linux builds increment with significant operability additions, especially if they're not fully backwards compatible. Since they're released without charge the capacity to do more stuff is the only reason to upgrade to a new increment rather than preserving a stable version.
The version number will be incremented when Linus says so. He might even increment it to 7.x tomorrow if he feels like it.
Which only adds bas relief to the point. Linus has no personal or commercial motivation to get people to get the hot new trendy thing. Linux isn't motivated by built-in obsolescence the way Windows and iOS are.
In fact, their higher iteration indicators are a symptom of a disadvantage of the operating system, not an advantage.
You are taking this dumb joke way too seriously.
I get that a lot.
ahem I use arch btw
This has got to be satire, right? You posted this ironically. I don’t believe for a moment anyone could be this dense on accident.
Yes. It's a joke. It's pretty funny, IMO. I'm not sure how you could interpret it as anything else. The wording alone makes it pretty obvious.
freebsd is 14 something too
Wait until they discover that Windows Server 2022 exists. Also, Windows 2000.
hey. Nobara 39
This posted on X? I see no "superiority" here.
ChromeOS hit version 119 in December. That one is obviously the best.
This community has such a bias against web apps.
I'd say this community has a much larger bias against Google, but that one is pretty justifiable.
who the fuck made this horrible graphic? when will people realize that grossly redundant features that also complicate interpretation (such as trying to make a bar plot 3d) is absolutely one of the worst things you can do.
Isn't this kind of the point of the graph?
When used correctly the point of the graph is to make use of the fact that humans are super fast at visual convolution tasks but not so great at doing mental statistics. If your graph makes the interpretation of complicated statistical facts immediate for the viewer (and as faithful to the facts as possible, whatever that means) then it has achieved its purpose.
Wooosh
@dataisugly material
Xbox OS is clearly winning with the 360
But they went back to one so idk anymore
Pffff. You losers actually think Linux is better? IBM OS/2 FTW FUCKAHS. 😎
(/s obv)
OS/2 was great in its time. I'd very much like to see it open sourced, even though IBM has repeatedly refused.
That would be so awesome if it were open-sourced!
Are we sure this isn't satire?
…no? It obviously is
Browsers compared themselves with this metric for a while, but they had to stop before they reached an integer overflow.
Use gnome then
Linux just moved out of 5.x.x hell. Well catch up soon
Wow.! A graph and everything.
FACTS don't care about your feelings! Study reveals Macos is 2 1/3 times better than Linux, massive 27% improvement over Windows!
Pfff my systemd is version 255.2-2, I am lightyears ahead.
linux doesn't have a panther checkmate
Windows 2000 enters the room