Hmm, I don't see how Corporate can be on a scale though. Either the distro is run by a corporation, or it's not.
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I think you're missing quite a few like:
- z/OS it's IBM's mainframe OS, so super corporate and niche
- raspberry pi os should be included because it's pretty mainstream
- android and iOS should be on there because they're very mainstream, not technically desktop OSs but for a normie with a tablet what's the difference?
- there's a lot of embedded OSs that could be added (open WRT, Windows IoT, NetBSD)
- no Temple OS?
- free DOS?
- Whatever special ones they use for super mission critical stuff like the ISS
I love where mint is and i love that I'm there with it.
Might try cachy someday
Was bazzite on here? Did i just not see it?
Ubuntu easiest Linux distro
Hahaha it's a noob bait
Why isn't openSUSE included in that table?
GUIX top left
- dictates to the OS how it has to be
- requires a lot of reading theory
- no ties to anduril
nixOS top right
- dictates to the OS how it has to be
- recruits people snatchers
Edit: Ah I missed the axes are not labeled like the common political compass. Nvm then. Put NixOS above RHEL and guix above arch.
NixOS is definitely not as corporate as MacOS or ChromeOS. It's also not as mainstream as RHEL. I'd say RHEL should be one square to the right, NixOS should go where RHEL is now, and Guix should share the square with Gentoo.
Put NixOS below RHEL
The column where you have Debian, should all 6 cells be filled with Debian
Fedora is basically a testing ground for the next RHEL release.
Where do we put QubesOS
CachyOS a bit to the left. It is not at all mainstream in my bubble.
NixOS on the niche and corporate quadrant.
LOL at Windows being marked as less corporate than MacOS. They should absolutely be at least tied.
Windows is not at the top of corporate possibly because it can be installed on non-homologated PCs.
But on the other hand, all the reasons that people hate corporate OSes apply much more to Microsoft than Apple. Microsoft is the company that puts ads in their OS and is built entirely out of proprietary tech, and has been more vocal about shoehorning AI into everything.
That's a poor qualifier. Most corporations do not deploy MacOS to their employees. Windows belongs in the top right, if not a full line by itself for Corporate.
Literal megacorporations have run purely on Windows since the 90s and itβs not S-tier corporate? lol
Put windows 10 just below windows 11
Windows (either 11 or 10) needs to be in the top right corner. MacOS should be one notch down vertically. Ubuntu and mint both move one notch right. Cachy moves one notch left. Gentoo moves two to the right.
I am not sure I understand your logic behind Cachy and Gentoo. Cachy is actually quite mainstream now and Gentoo is... less so.
I think there's just not enough tiles here. FreeBSD is definitely more mainstream than Haiku, but less so than Gentoo, let alone Arch.
SUSE just one down from RedHat
Not to be confused with openSUSE though, even if there is some overlap. Maybe that one is down another step.
if you live antwhere but the USA and Canada, MacOS is a niche, absolutely not mainstream at all, I see more linux users than MacBook users here in Brazil
Do they not advertise in Brazil? Cuz if y'all can go a day without seeing an ad of a floating laptop doing pirouettes in an endless white void to an overproduced pop song masquerading as indie, I might be down to move.
macs are so rare that someone once screenshared and i was almost asking if that was gnome
Lmao. In Europe Mac is mainstream and most people think I have MacOS installed when it's in fact gnome
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Pretty much the opposite of Arch Linux.
Its right beside it you goofy goober. :3
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Where's Hannah Montana Linux?
I miss RedStarOS, Suicide Linux (OK, not a distro) and TempleOS here as well.
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