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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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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
You could take the revision number. nixos-unstable has 567011 commits currently.
Laughs in Fedora 39
Windows 98 enters the chat
Windows 2000 says hi to Windows 98
Windows Server 2022 kicks 2000 in the balls, does a line of coke, and crashes.
Fedora 39
and to think windows had 2000 years ago...
Well, when you get from 3 to 2000 in only a few years, the vast majority of these versions will be unusable. No wonder they had to drop everything after 11...
This is why I avoid the numbered Windows releases. XP, Vista, ME, or NT for this guy. Accept no substitutes.
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.
This is why Bioshock Infinite is the best game ever made.
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...
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.
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.
Aren't there meme communities where you could put this instead?
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.
It's also a reflection of how much money you will be spending on each ecosystem
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.
Gentoo. I'd tell you the version number, but I'm still compiling.
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
Tips Fedora 39
Smh my head
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.
