Image shows a tweet with the header “and people STILL try to convince me Linux and Windows are better when the DATA clearly shows otherwise. SMH with an image attached showing the following:

“Operating systems by current version” Mac OS: 14 Windows: 11 Linux: 6

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    I use Mint 21. Checkmate.

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      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

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        You could take the revision number. nixos-unstable has 567011 commits currently.

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            Windows 2000 says hi to Windows 98

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              Windows Server 2022 kicks 2000 in the balls, does a line of coke, and crashes.

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            Are we forgetting Windows 2000?

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        Integer override, result -6279532

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      This is a rare case where it matters that Linux is not an operating system.

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      Technically version 5.0

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    and to think windows had 2000 years ago

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      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

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        This is why I avoid the numbered Windows releases. XP, Vista, ME, or NT for this guy. Accept no substitutes.

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          Windows CE sitting in the corner

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          Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but NT was usually called NT 4.0 by those of us who worked with it. You’re probably better off skipping it anyways, it was terrible for anything other than file servering.

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            Some of us used Windows NT 3.1, celebrated when 3.5 came out and actually worked, and when 4.0 came out we cringed because Windows NT 3.51 had finally gotten it right and 4.0 looked like it was going to cause problems with its Windows 95 inspired UI.

            Turns out Windows NT 4.0 was actually pretty good ( especially on DEC Alpha ).

            There is absolutely no doubt though that Windows 2000 Professional is the best product Microsoft ever released. If it ran 64 bit apps, I might still be running it today.

            By the way, did you know that the Windows NT Resource Kit shipped with the GNU C compiler?

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              I never worked with any versions of NT before 4, mainly because I was mainly doing desktop support stuff until I got my MCSE cert. But it did indeed work surprisingly well considering how janky it was.

              Win2k was such an improvement it wasn’t even funny.

              By the way, did you know that the Windows NT Resource Kit shipped with the GNU C compiler?

              If I did, I’ve forgotten it by now. lol

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          ME??

          You uh, like pain, don’t you?

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      this is what happened to windows 9, too.

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        No, the problem with Windows 9 is that a lot of things compared the version with 9* as a catch all for windows 95 and 98, so they were worried with backwards compatibility.

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        What’s wrong with 9 though ? Didn’t iPhone also skip 9 ?

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          After the X/XS/XR phones they went to the 11. If the XS was 10 then the X would be 9. It is a bit weird for them to do 8 and 9 at the same time, though.

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            but the X is a Roman numeral hence why Apple demands that OSX be pronounced as OS ten”

            (I have not heard anyone who is not an Apple employee call it that but it’s the official stance, you can look it up)

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          Dunno. But that’s a hardware model, ;)

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      Slackware went from version 4 to 7 for a similar reason. But IIRC its reason was RedHat.

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      I raise to you the current version of openSUSE Tumbleweed: 20240108! I think we’ve got the winner

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      deleted by creator

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    This is why Bioshock Infinite is the best game ever made.

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    well, 23 years ago this graph would have had windows 2000 WAY in the lead.

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      that’s how far and fast microsoft has gone backwards since the release of the GOAT windows.

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      Anime PFP leads me to believe OP uses arch btw.

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    My version is 20240107. Apple has some catching up to do.

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      Bro, is the apple os from the year 14 💀💀💀(THREE whole skull emojis for added emphasis)

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      Imagine someone thinking 07012024 would be a better scheme 😂

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    Shoud we tell her/him/ about Gnome 45?

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      Windows 95

      Windows 2000

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        This checks out, because Windows 2000 is the best Windows!

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          Hey! It was Windows Me. Closely followed by Vista.

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    Lowest version number, lowest need for radical change to keep up to date. Golf rules. Linux wins. Somebody get Tux a green jacket.

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      I mean, technically Linux is still at 2.6, they’ve just been making up version numbers for the last 20 years or so.

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    Windows 2000 wins I think

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      One might take issue that it is not “current”.

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    New versions of software are released because the older version was lacking in some way. Features, security, functionality.

    Lowest number wins.

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        Your system is defended by McAfee? That’s cute. Mine is defended by the Lord God Jehovah.

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      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”.

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    I use HAL 9000. Get up on my level.

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    It’s also a reflection of how much money you will be spending on each ecosystem