Most Popular Operating Systems (Desktop & Laptops) 1978 - 2023

🚀 Embark on a Fascinating Journey: The Evolution of Operating Systems (1978 - 2023) 🖥️
Prepare to be captivated by a remarkable voyage through the annals of computer history - the evolution of operating systems for desktop and laptop platforms! Join us as we traverse the decades, delving into the rise and fall of iconic systems that have profoundly shaped the world of computing.
Our expedition begins with a tribute to the trailblazers. Explore the origins of CP/M, the pioneering "Control Program for Microcomputers," conceived by Gary Kildall in the mid-1970s. Witness how this early operating system laid the groundwork for the dawn of personal computing.
Journey further back in time to the late 1970s and early 1980s, where the stage was set for TRSDOS to shine. Discover how this operating system orchestrated the symphony of Tandy/RadioShack TRS-80 microcomputers. Marvel at the impact of Commodore BASIC, a foundational programming language interpreter that sculpted the landscape of early Commodore machines.
Transition into the realm of Apple DOS, an elegant interface that empowered users to manage files and execute programs effortlessly on the Apple II series. Venture onward to the Atari DOS era, where efficient disk management and file access capabilities became the norm for Atari 8-bit computers.
Behold the rise of MS-DOS, an epoch-defining Microsoft Disk Operating System that took center stage in the 1980s and early 1990s. Observe its counterpart, IBM PC DOS, contributing to the ascent of IBM's personal computing domain.
As we navigate the late 1980s and early 1990s, the collaborative marvel of OS/2 emerges - a symbiotic creation by IBM and Microsoft, poised to redefine the personal computing experience. Meanwhile, pay homage to the Commodore 64, a beloved home computer that etched itself into the hearts of countless enthusiasts.
Transition to the sleek and intuitive world of macOS, where seamless integration and user-friendly interfaces reign supreme across the Macintosh lineup. Delve into the enchanting realm of AmigaOS, celebrated for its innovative multitasking features and advanced multimedia capabilities.
Step into the Atari ST domain, where Atari TOS reigns, adorning computers with a captivating graphical user interface and multitasking prowess. Enter the era of Windows 95, a paradigm-shifting release that introduced the iconic Start Menu and taskbar, forever transforming user interaction.
Witness the progression as Windows 98 takes the stage, flaunting enhanced multimedia prowess and improved USB support. Experience the robust stability of Windows NT, tailored for discerning business users. Traverse the elegance of Windows 2000 and relish the enduring popularity of Windows XP, renowned for its user-centric interface.
Transition to the open-source realm with Linux, a versatile kernel forming the basis for a diverse range of distributions, offering users unparalleled choices. Explore ChromeOS, a visionary take on the operating system designed for lightweight, web-centric devices.
Fast-forward to the modern era, where Windows 10 emerges as a unifying force, harmonizing devices through a seamless interface and regular feature updates. Glimpse into the future with Windows 11, an incarnation boasting a redesigned interface, enriched gaming capabilities, and masterful multitasking features.
🎬 Our meticulously crafted bar chart race video unveils the dynamic journey of these operating systems, painting a vivid portrait of their indelible impact on technology and society. Tune in on KZbin for an enthralling exploration of the past, present, and the endless possibilities that lie ahead.
Timestamps:
00:00 Until the end of 1980, CP/M and TRSDOS were the most used operating systems
00:18 From 1981 to 1983, Atari DOS operating system was the most popular
00:30 In 1983, Commodore 64 won first place for 4 years
00:49 Since 1987, MS-DOS was the most used computers operating system for 10 years
01:41 Windows 95 won the first place in 1997
01:59 From 2001 to 2003, Windows 98 was the most popular computer operating system
02:10 In 2003, Windows XP quickly gained a large share of the computer operating system market
02:54 In 2012, Windows 7 took the place of Windows XP in the market
03:23 From 2018 to today, Windows 10 has the largest share in the computer operating system market
03:50 END
Popularity is defined by OS platforms market share usage on desktop computers and laptops.
Data source: W3S log files, Ars Technica, StatCounter, NetMarketShare, ZDNet, CNET.
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[@AlternativeWars]

KZbin rejected my channel for monetization. can anyone tell me why it say "reused content"?😒

[@WinMac2000]

probably due to the "most popular" and "best selling" being similar to each other but still, that is a dumb reason to not get monetized

[@WinMac2000]

still, sorry buddy ☹

[@AlternativeWars]

@thundaboy64 from next video i will record steps of collecting data and convert it to chart bar race and only share url of project. visitors can see output result as project in flourish website 🤗

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

other channels have same videos, they flag you

[@AlternativeWars]

@@Avrelivs_Gold how? I don't have any copyright strik!

[@PeterTrimboli]

Windows xp was still one of the top 5 operating systems in 2018 that's crazy

[@HelenFire420]

It’s crazy to think about how simple it was. It didn’t even have features like system search or a half decent anti virus built in! We really take for granted what we have today.

[@Dimitri-tq8ti]

Im pretty sure its still is a popular choice of os for small businesses and office blocks in most countries for being able to accomplish mostly everything they wanna get done and also for it being cheap to build a Win XP setup👍🏻

[@procta2343]

@PeterTrimboli nah not really pal, 3rd parties were still supporting it, but i think that could have been the final year though, due to windows 10 starting to take hold and windows 7 systems replaced windows XP systems.

[@PeterTrimboli]

@@procta2343 did you watch the video it was still more popular than Linux in 2018 it was the 5th most popular you calling the video maker a liar?

[@procta2343]

@@PeterTrimboli ah you got the wrong end of my reply, i was meaning it shouldnt have been a surprise.

[@Noycey64]

Love how windows 8 didn’t reach 20%. Most people stuck with windows 7.

[@lazarus2691]

Same with Vista/XP.

[@mtrebtreboschi5722]

Same with windows 11/10

[@procta2343]

@@lazarus2691 i think what put people off windows Vista was how heavy it was on hardware, It was supposed to run on a late pentium 3, it was too heavy for the Pentium 4. let a lone for the pentium 3. so i recon that was why some companies decided to stay with windows XP. With it been a lot lighter.

[@procta2343]

Windows 8 i think a lot of people didn't like the new layout, which put people off. Mind i liked it sort of a knock to the windows 3.x days with the tile

[@pastiesandagstring]

That’s been their trend for a while, pretty much since win 98. Win 2000 or ME? Garbage. Xp? Good. Vista? Garbage. 7? Good version of vista basically. 8? 7 but redesigned in a really dumb dysfunctional way. 10? Basically 7 again with all the dumb things from 8 removed, a new coat of paint and that traitor from halo. Then I don’t even know what 11 is like because the little I have heard has been bad and I’m fairly confident it will be garbage.

[@Mito505s]

W7 didn't become less popular. It's because Microsoft decided to force people to stop using it, same for XP. I only want to clear that.

[@hoppimike]

Yeah 10 is so bloated. I haven't tried 11 yet but I hear the system requirements are a bit absurd.

[@Wahinies]

I have to turn transparency off when using integrated graphics in 11. I have not had too many problems directly attributed to it but the changes for changes sake trend continues. Make sure to bring Explorer Patcher for the ride.

[@jennyportilla5774]

​@@hoppimiketengo un computador que lo actualice a 11la verdad que porquería, es rápido una babosa. Tuve que volver al 10.

[@Icybubba]

Microsoft said for both XP and 7 and also now 10. Those OS' will get 10 years of support, and they even extended that for XP a couple of years. This isn't some malicious thing, we knew in 2015 that Windows 10's support would end in 2025, and likely Windows 11's support will end in 2031

[@lythd]

@@jonathanparle8429 microsoft excel on the web? or libreoffice or google sheets? there are alternatives to excel if thats ur only reason for sticking with windows.

[@axelprino]

The way Windows XP dominated the market for years and years and then refused to die despite how outdated it became is likely not gonna be seen again with any other OS version, although W7 came quite close. It definitely feels like Windows has been losing momentum tho, competing against their older versions is taking its toll.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Windows 10 market share is 10 times bigger than windows xps You are forgetting that at times of windows xp computers werent as common as today so windows 10 sitting at 70% at CURRENT time is ALOT more impressive than windows xp on era of hardly any computers

[@axelprino]

@@kyarumomochi5146 yeah, that's a valid point, but the phrase "hardly any computers" is probably one of the most exaggerated things I've heard in a while. By the mid 2000's, when XP was the indisputable king, pretty much every middle class family had at least one computer, and I'm not even talking about first world countries where they were even more common. Sure, it wasn't like today when everyone has multiple computers but it wasn't quite the 80's when computers were rare either. Also it was truly impressive just how long XP managed to stay in use refusing to die, I remember working for a government company back in 2015 and on the office most of the PC's still ran XP because migrating their internal software kept getting delayed because "it works", being provided a PC with hardware that was just a couple of years old at most but running software at least a decade old which was odd to say the least.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@axelprino yes but still the computer count of XPs era and Windows 10 era is litterally not comparable No one is saying that OS wasnt a undisputed whatever king im just saying that windows 10s success on era of technological advancements and computers being popular as ever is million times more impressive than XP being the staple because there were litterally no proper competitors

[@manitoba-op4jx]

@@kyarumomochi5146 win10 is on so many devices because the average person just uses the OS their computer comes with. of course it's on more machines, the market simply increased in size. microsoft having deals with hardware manufacturers and the OS working well enough to be accepted isn't an achievement. also, it's another NT reskin with new drivers and UI, and most importantly, "support". not a new OS. the only time the OS can really affect this trend is if it's impressively bad like 11, 8, and vista were. in which case a larger amount of consumers seek out the one they know is good (XP, 7, and now 10) in other words, the point is really tangential. it misconstrues the size of the market with the popularity of the OS itself. by that logic, one could say UNIX-based oses are more popular since literally all mobile phones use them. (iOS and android derivatives)

[@manitoba-op4jx]

the sheer number of times i've seen someone struggle to find something in 10 and sigh relief when they accidentally open the windows 7 control panel is astounding. if you've seen older versions, you'd know that like 80% of the lesser used menus and built in apps are carried over or reskinned ones from XP or 7. same is true in 11. my favorite examples are the completely unchanged notepad , and the windows NT media player that got reskinned for XP, and then reskinned over to vista, then carried to 7 and again to 10 with almost no changes whatsoever. the groove player they added for 10 and 11 was so bad, they left media player as an option in the context menu for audio files right from launch 😂

[@DiamondMaster115]

Crazy how many people are NOT using W11 in 2023, and I have a feeling it's going to stay that way until they fully drop support for W10

[@DiamondMaster115]

@@kurt.officialYeah, I think the fact that theres more spyware, bloatware, and incompatible system requirements is what's keeping people from switching...

[@davelloyd-]

Not really. I suspect a lot of people hanging on to 10 also hung on to 7 - there's nothing compelling about a skin change. It's ridiculous to have to to google how to do stuff like set a static IP because the UI (even in 10) is so obtuse. I let my laptop upgrade to 11 and no way will I do that for my desktop, because even more stuff seems hidden for no good reason. Back in Win7 days you could use themes to turn aeroglass on and off - I reckon MS would do well to add options to theme _out_ the surface layers of 'pretty' and go right back to directly access commands in the right click command menu (skip having to go to 'advanced' or whatever it was on the initial menu). That way everyone can be happy - at least until the old dialogues (some from NT4!) are eventually replaced.

[@serang]

TPMS requirement refrain people from upgrading

[@Windows7-fr5wz]

No, Windows 12 will be out by then so People will probably just switch to that unless Windows 12 manages to be worse than 11

[@DiamondMaster115]

@@Windows7-fr5wz it will be worse. It has already been rumored, and they're attempting to make it run entirely on the cloud. Linux will finally come to power

[@tomhighsmith]

It is especially clear to me how great Microsoft's influence is. Apple OS never got above 17%.

[@DemPilafian]

Microsoft's monopoly was so overpowering that Microsoft even pumped a huge sum of cash in to Apple just so Apple wouldn't go bankrupt. If Microsoft hadn't of done that, they probably would have been broken up just like AT&T.

[@funtostical]

Becoz it was always costly

[@CriticalPotato]

That has more to do with hardware numbers than software. There are only so much macs out there. It would be different if they allowed non Apple hardware, which is the majority of PC's to install their software.

[@a0flj0]

I believe a good deal of it is due to how Linux installations on the desktop are counted. There's no such thing as compulsory registration in most Linux installations. Due to some sites still being idiotic, many browsers running on Linux masquerade as running on Windows. There are literally hundreds of Linux distributions available, most with a tiny market share even among Linux users, many not fit for desktop use, purposefully built for dedicated devices, and it's difficult to nearly impossible to reliably collect usage statistics for all of them.

[@goofball1_134]

I've never been interested in apple stuff. It really is because their ecosystem is so restrictive and cost more to join. If you buy apple you really have to go all the way with phones and other devices otherwise the experience is way worse. Plus everything costs thousands. No wonder they never gained market share.

[@OsmarBros]

Windows 7 will be forever one of the best OS of all time.

[@fra93ilgrande]

Absolutely 🥹🤧 so much memories with it

[@MiniKodjo]

lol sounds like someone who havent tried that many OSes..

[@OsmarBros]

@@MiniKodjo one of the best, not the best one.

[@LuizBHMG]

​@@fra93ilgrande win 7 was a crap: with a good antivirus, firewall and everything it still got a ransomware that encrypted all my media and document files. Since then I only use Linux. I only regret not having done this before.

[@anti_alpha1132]

​@@LuizBHMGShouldn't have clicked on the "hot milfs in your area" ad

[@Redddd1]

Props to the 0.9% of people using vista in 2023

[@Dr_Hax]

might even not be consumer pcs, might be computers that control advertisemen screens for example

[@jaythezerosix]

those 0.9% could be people using vmware or virtualbox

[@monkeywithocd]

​@@Dr_HaxWas there an embedded version of Vista? I think I've only seen embedded versions of XP and 7.

[@Dr_Hax]

@@monkeywithocd just checked and yes there are 2 versions, but i'm not sure wether adv screens are controlled by embedded devices or from some server over a network

[@monkeywithocd]

@@Dr_Hax They're typically just small industrial computers running some version of Windows Embedded. Cathode Ray Dude recently has been doing a series on what he calls "little guys" which as he explains are for this very purpose, among many others.

[@noahclarke9615]

It’s crazy to think that even in 2012 a third of people were still using windows xp

[@Saxofome]

Times are good when booting up WinXP Those days

[@zeruty]

It's crazy that Win2000 didn't dominate from 2000 til Win7 was released.

[@shuvamsky]

Good old days.

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

Win XP my favourite followed by Win 7. So sad that Microsoft programming was so careless that these are security disasters, especially Win XP. So easy to maintain those OS versions, and they still do everything that 80% of everything needed by computer users today, just as Office CP does.

[@morganb900]

Yes. It was discontinued in 2014

[@maverickvgc4220]

It's cool that you can see a speed up in Linux's growth at the start of 2022 probably due to the steamdeck's launch.

[@leothehuman_9476]

and maybe due to Windows 11, I guess

[@Enviction]

how would that be through windows 11, win11 and linux dont have anything together

[@leothehuman_9476]

@@Enviction I mean that people became so disappointed of Windows 11 that they switched to Linux after discovering its clear advantages

[@Nekovocal]

​@@EnvictionI think it's because people are starting to dislike win11 and started to use Linux instead

[@Enviction]

@@Nekovocal ooh that makes sense I guess

[@PhilMoskowitz]

Windows XP had an incredible 85% market share thanks to it's two follow up OS'es being poorly received. In retrospect Windows Vista wasn't that bad, but Windows 8 was nightmare.

[@iplyrunescape305]

And 10 worse, and 11 even worse

[@Kmmlc]

@@iplyrunescape305 10 and 11 were needed to deal with hardware improvements, especially 11. With Intel (and likely AMD soon) going to their E-core/P-core setups, 10's scheduler just couldn't handle it.

[@iplyrunescape305]

@@Kmmlc the telemetry, spyware, adware, and bloat were 1000% not needed.

[@ua0sqq]

And MS DOS 83%

[@seriouslyWeird]

Vista was absolutely utterly bad lol

[@kenaitchison7712]

One year after launch, Windows 11 has a smaller market share than Vista or Windows 8 had one year after their respective launches. And unlike Windows XP (versus Vista) and Windows 7 (versus 8), the market share for Windows 10 kept going up after the launch of its successor.

[@sorosaltgaming]

That's how you know it's really bad

[@profewiase]

Because Microsoft made a worse decision making it hardware exclusive meanwhile many old hardware are still capable of running windows 11 at the maximum peak. I have i7 4th Gen Dell desktop at home and it's running windows 11 better than my gaming laptop with i7 8th Gen CPU and 16gb ram. If MS don't change it's mind on this decision, many people including myself will be forced to go for Linux and that will be the downfall of Microsoft

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

And unlike Vista and 8, 11 is even a free upgrade from 10 if your computer supports it. Though my computer supports 11, I'm going to hang onto 10 as long as I can; I prefer having my taskbar placed vertically with my widescreen, double monitor setup.

[@raisin417]

@@profewiase No, I think windows7, which has stopped updating, is still better than any Linux desktop distribution, so let the professional do the professional thing, and the Linux desktop ecosystem is not good.

[@TurboPikachu]

@kenaitchison7712 This is because of Windows 11's no-exceptions CPU requirements for a TPM (Trusted Platform Module). To have 2017's 8th generation intel CPUs as the oldest CPUs allowed to run Windows 11 makes it no surprise that the OS has had remarkably poor adoption. And when Windows 10 loses support in 2025, I think we're going to see a far greater rise in Linux use than ever before, as people with machines that aren't even a decade old yet are barred from Windows 11. The only other option besides Linux will be the NT-like React OS, which I'd only recommend for Windows die-hards (but then again, said Windows die-hards would likely buy a new motherboard and CPU for their PC or just get a new PC entirely for Windows 11)

[@tammodirksen1408]

Linux isn’t as big on home computers but I am happy to see it run on a ton of servers and most cellphones worldwide

[@leecowell8165]

Linux rules the world other than the client side of desktop boxes. IOT is litterly run by linux. Probably vehicles, aircraft, as well.

[@gt8200-0]

I use Linux Mint on my home computer

[@bnrid8086]

and most of network device like router, firewall, switch etc run on linux too

[@TheEuronaut]

Linux has undisputed world dominance in the embedded realm. Almost all "gadgets" runs some form of Linux, with Apple products being the only exemption.

[@jondonnelly4831]

It's growing for home use, cause of Steamdeck /SteamOS and Proton in the last year and a little cause of Rasberry Pi over last 6 years. Still, it should be more popular that it is, I blame too many distros and too many application package systems.

[@Foebane72]

I can't believe that Atari DOS was king for a while, that's the Atari 8-Bit line of computers, chaps! Also, it's a shame AmigaDOS never got that far, being the first OS with pre-emptive multitasking, long before Windows 95.

[@cjmillsnun]

Sinclair QDOS (Sinclair QL) had pre-emptive multitasking 1 year before AmigaOS. Although both were beaten by DEC, IBM and UNIX with their mainframes and minis.

[@davelloyd-]

AmigaDOS was pretty good. I think multiview (if I'm remembering the name correctly) was an incredible piece of software - equally happy rendering video and jpegs, as it was with text or audio. Amazing. Directory Opus continues in its stead today :)

[@lmcgregoruk]

I would presume they meant pre-emptive multitasking on HOME computer, but yes Sinclair QL had it and was a HOME computer.@@cjmillsnun

[@gorak9000]

Can you even trust this? Who was tracking os usage that carefully in the 80's? And where would you even get that data today? Seems like this is a lot of guesses and speculation with fancy graphics on top

[@ShamrockParticle]

1987 changed everything with the A500, despite it costing more and having a clunker OS. The overall hardware ability still proved a point, even if a flicker fixer dongle was needed.

[@Windows7_2009]

I use Windows 7 today in 2024

[@rodlaner1842]

You lies

[@Windows7_2009]

@@rodlaner1842 That Is TURE

[@yusufakburak302]

What the h? I used it today.

[@user-bi4rh8hj5d]

Why????

[@Windows7_2009]

@@user-bi4rh8hj5d Cz I don't have any problems like with Win 10

[@Beebo]

I'm rooting for Linux! I use Arch btw. :)

[@ThisISNM]

Me too.

[@sweetsweetkhajoor]

“I use arch btw”

[@mdkieran]

Fedora here. Love it

[@aysaraghna9086]

I use endeavouros btw

[@Makes_me_wonder]

Arch is for developers and hobbyists, just like most linux distros.

[@seanyao7491]

No OS could beat Windows XP's dominant position, even its old brother MS-DOS

[@aheendwhz1]

And XP is just one version of Windows

[@klounader]

@@aheendwhz1 Crazy good! One love!

[@marcelmolenaar5684]

Windows 2000 and a littlebit enabling stuff like DirectX n' stuff for gaming was the best.

[@procta2343]

Yeah i think windows XP was when microsoft really ruled the world there,

[@isrbillmeyer]

Just question of time before Linux will dominate

[@alderlake12th]

Windows XP 85%... Imagine every time you see a computer in 2006, you''ll see xp

[@aheendwhz1]

Don't need to imagine, just need to remember :D

[@alderlake12th]

@@aheendwhz1Ya, as my first OS used

[@gt8200-0]

Yep, up until Windows 7 took over in 2012. Some places switched from XP to 7 slower than others though.

[@procta2343]

@@gt8200-0 also the failure of windows vista kept windows XP going too.

[@gt8200-0]

@@procta2343 Yeah

[@seriouslyWeird]

I really hope linux gets more and more users so it contuously has more options for apps and games. That is literally the only thing keeping me on windows. The massive amount of compatible software

[@user-bi1vv3vq3i]

There is Proton, that makes a lot of Windows apps work on Linux.

[@chaoscontagion3208]

I mean, I use Linux exclusively and can't think of a program I'd need to go to Windows for. Gaming has gotten fantastic on Linux recently, so I reeeeeally don't need to use it. Everyone has their own software needs, though, I suppose. I hope you find your way to Linux someday, though! Join ussssss...😋

[@samurphy]

​@@chaoscontagion3208Autodesk fusion 360 is literally the only thing I have used that I can't have in Linux easily. And Autodesk keeps making the licensing harder and harder to use anyway. There's freecad but it's just awful.

[@da_pwo]

Well if you ever wanna switch make sure you backup and reformat any extra storage drives you have to another format if they run ntfs since that’s mainly a windows format

[@edmondtes5836]

But even more viruses.

[@kevinyoliveira68]

As a Linux user I respect Windows XP and Windows 7 :) I use Windows 10 too, but Linux is the best for me :)

[@Xatarino]

👍🏼👌🏼

[@coinglobe12]

You know linux is the best oses of all time. But you need better coding. Also linux is great for gamers, I just need a play store inside linux.

[@kevinyoliveira68]

@@coinglobe12 Well use Gnome-Software or Discovery, I use mint and store is exceptional but much games that I play not work or have terrible performance (CS2) in Linux sadly

[@DASPRiD]

@@coinglobe12 Like… Steam? ;)

[@ultimate9056]

​@coinglobe12 so Steam?

[@solracer66]

It seems to me that MacOS 9 and earlier and the MacOSX/MacOS operating systems should be separate entries since they are entirely different code bases.

[@audiokitoblaruz]

25 likes no replies, lemme fix this

[@JasirKT]

I think a better way to visualise would be windows vs macos vs linux vs chromeos. Instead of separating windows into separate versions and keeping macos as a single os.

[@hiddentreasure2161]

I think the problem is that at many points, no single mac os would have high enough marketshare individually to actually make the graph.

[@ebad_ki_animation]

If macos were listed individually then they would not be seen in the list

[@MaxXMcGill]

Being a new Linux user I found it amusing that as soon as windows 8 came out Linux use started to increase, then when 10 came out (windows 7 becoming unsupported) Linux use crept up faster

[@BrBill]

Most of that I think is due to the rise of cloud VMs hosting microservices.

[@mdkieran]

I think there's truth to that, I switched to Linux when W11 came out. I love having control of my own PC again. I don't need a Microsoft account to sign into my own machine. It was getting ridiculous.

[@vibovitold]

@@mdkieranguess what, most people don't care. people don't feel they're not in control of their machine because they're signing in with their Microsoft account. people feel they're not in control when they can't get their bluetooth headphones to work.

[@Lsvy97]

​@@BrBillthe video is about desktops and laptops tho

[@BrBill]

@@Lsvy97 I know, but the statistics come from all reported installs, which means VMs are counted.

[@ListersHatsune]

man, we're never going to have an OS as good as windows XP ever again are we.

[@CoolerFN15]

7 was close

[@home-space]

Although it was essentially just a reskinned version of Window's 2000, built in NT technology.

[@ME0WMERE]

Certainly not another windows OS, no. Linux on the other hand...

[@user-kv5he9np2y]

the famous Service Pack 4 never come oficial but I think is avaible thanks to community

[@_kitaes_]

​@@home-space1 year gap makes it obvious

[@rockstar78970]

Windows XP is the best and most stable OS ever, dominated the market for 10 years and just refused to die despite all technological changes, I had it on my PC until 2014 when support for windows XP ended, still miss these golden years, it's still useful for many things, even the American military still uses it

[@sepplschpeedruns281]

It's crazy that Win7 still has 5% Markt share in 2023

[@dormi_torio]

@@ItsLiquidBSthere are some café internets in Mexico that run windows 7

[@evancombs5159]

Even crazier that Vista still registered on this list in 2023.

[@runthenumbers9698]

If I weren't a programmer, I'd still be on Win7. Unfortunately, in order to guarantee compatibility with Microsoft's new bullsh!t, I have to sign up for Microsoft's new bullsh!t.

[@sepplschpeedruns281]

@@runthenumbers9698 agreed, Win7 was great.

[@kopasdupas]

I would stay with XP if I could.

[@regisdumoulin]

Vista got me to install Linux as a dual boot on my computer but Windows 8 is what got me out of Windows entirely. I've been using Linux ever since!

[@osu9400]

I came back to Windows with Win7. I pretended MacOS was this dream but it was more frustrating than Vista or Win8 ever was. So annoying.

[@pit32]

Win8 was cool and different!

[@defaultuser0856]

Me too daily driving linux

[@regisdumoulin]

@@pit32 Well, here is what I didn't like about Windows 8. First, Windows 8 applications could not be resized, they were either maximized or you could make them occupy half of the screen... Having my laptop normally plugged in to a 28 inch monitor made me find this really really annoying like when the calculator I started covered the entire screen, displaying giant buttons and hiding the document I was reading the data I needed the calculator for... and then there was the multitasking or lack thereof: Having just bought my PC I used it to watch a movie, on the attached large screen. So far so good... but at one point in the movie I wanted to check something about it... so I move the mouse to the laptop home screen, click on the start menu to open the browser... and the video stops! I go back to the large screen and restart the video and it stops as soon as I click onto the browser window!!! At that point I was very close to throw my brand new laptop out of the window! I know this behavior only affected the "new" Windows 8 applications, but they were supposed to be the future... to me it was like being thrown back in the days of non-multitasking MS-DOS! So I had the choice of uninstalling every Win8 app and replacing them by older version of ditch the whole OS entirely and this is what I did! Note: I still use Windows every day, but at work and I was pleased to see that Microsoft recovered their sanity with Windows 10 and 11 but for my home machine I will never use Window ever again!

[@richardoctovianus2290]

Too bad no Microsoft Office for you..

[@antoshke]

Cool visualisation! Informative and clrear. It's fascinating to watch how everything has been changing

[@GroupNebula563]

There’s always going to be ONE GUY on XP. In the year 3020, everyone’s gonna have brain implants but there’s gonna be one dude who insists on just using his Optiplex for everything.

[@cometoyoursenses9310]

Windows XP... what a legend

[@jack6539]

Poor old commodore and amiga. What a much improved world we would have today if they could've kept it together.

[@k.b.tidwell]

You got that right! That Amiga bouncing ball...

[@Xatarino]

Amiga y amigo

[@haroldasraz]

Good to see Windows 7 still having fun.

[@m.i.g.2023]

I like how Windows comes in with NT, looks at the situation and says "hold on, I'll be right back" and then releases 95 and dominates the market

[@doctorigp]

The only way I can see Linux really taking off is if more computers are sold with it preinstalled. So the future of Linux rests with System76.

[@fuseteam]

And starlabs and tuxedo and slimbook......

[@k.b.tidwell]

And Dell, EmperorLinux, Linux Certified, LAC Portland, Purism, ThinkPenguin, ZaReason, Minifree, Libiquity, Entroware, Vikings, Linux Now, Technoethical, and Lenovo. And probably more I don't know about.

[@aheendwhz1]

And Valve

[@felixjohnson3874]

​@@k.b.tidwellI'm still holding out some hope for purism but they might be a dead company walkin after the librem. In terms of PR, I think mid century germans are more well liked at this point than them.

[@hgilbert]

I think it's more the software. Adobe Suite and music production Cubase / Logic / ProTools. Everything is possible under Linux & FOSS but can be way, way harder. But for programming, development, specially for the web - Linux is great IMO.

[@marcosbrolio]

OS/2 was a fantastic OS

[@k.b.tidwell]

I remember the commercials during Sunday morning news programs but I never used it. I figured it had to be good though with IBM behind it.

[@katiesonglyrics]

Thanks for this! Keep it up!!

[@JackoBanon1]

Nice that Windows Vista is rising in popularity in 2020-23.

[@jacky02122012]

where is windows 3.1 ?

[@AlternativeWars]

the Windows 3.1 series ran as a shell on top of MS-DOS.

[@jacky02122012]

@@AlternativeWars don't know that.Thank you

[@techsupprouk]

Windows 3.1 was not an Operating System, it was effectively an app that ran on top of MS-DOS

[@mb-3faze]

Windows NT , we called that Windows, Nice Try (and stuck with UNIX)

[@Adiee5Priv]

​@@AlternativeWarswindows 3.1 wasn't a shell - it was the first windows NT system

[@hurle0409]

I'm happy to see Linux usage increased lately.

[@klounader]

Windows suks!

[@badsubtitles498]

​@@klounaderyour comment has a translate to english option that changes it to "windows will spin" 😂😂😂

[@klounader]

@@badsubtitles498 окна отстой. windows must die!

[@anon1963]

​@@klounaderwindows is fine

[@CathrineMacNiel]

3% baby and rising :)

[@kayak2hell]

A bit surprised that Windows 3.1 didn't make the cut considering how popular it was in '93-'96.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

It was consider MS-DOS.

[@kayak2hell]

@@PhilMoskowitz Ah, right. Good point. I didn't bother with DOS (except for launching DOOM and Civilization) once Windows 3.1 was available.

[@mvrabreu]

Windows 3.1 wasn't an OS.

[@vibovitold]

@@kayak2hellyour memory may be failing you then, because Windows 3.1 needed MS DOS to run. it was only an operating ENVIRONMENT, you couldn't boot straight to Windows 3.1.

[@qbasicmichael]

​@@mvrabreuwin 3.1x was an os, just not a standalone os.

[@Big-Chungus21]

So sad that Linux has so far never managed to get a large amount of the desktop market space. Nowadays most distros like Mint are super easy to use and super stable, while also being really performant. Id argue Linux Mint is way more user friendly than Windows 11, even just doing basic things is easier. I think the biggest reason is there are so many distros and the average person doesnt have the time to worry about that. Thats why ChromeOS has done better even though its a stripped down Linux distro.

[@SttormOfc]

Basically, there's no point in using Linux if everything you need has to be installed by code. Many games also don't work on Linux, which prevents many people from

[@legendaerycraft2226]

​@@SttormOfcthats why I use tiny 10

[@user-kv5he9np2y]

Linux run all modern and popular games I think,thats all to have linux for some users But probable only 80% of modern/popular games

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

@@user-kv5he9np2y I found Mint(The only good Linux distro) had issues with Denuvo that I've never had on Windows. Sonic Frontiers threw up a "Denuvo said screw you specifically" error every time I used it, but on Windows 10 and 11, it ran fine. Also most of my old games like SEGA Rally Championship are on PC CD/DVD which seldom have good(if any) Linux support, and I don't want to give up on Sonic Heroes/Riders, MGS, SEGA Rally, etc. to switch to a distro that limits my modern games too.

[@ultimate9056]

​@user-kv5he9np2y actually less then 7% of the top 1000 games on steam cannot be run on Linux

[@cgi2173]

Cannot believe how quickly Vista was swept aside.

[@spaceman7915]

I cant believe it is increasing during 2020-2023

[@jacksong6226]

It has to be used for legacy games or something

[@k.b.tidwell]

I bought a Vista Dell way back when just to play Halo 2 for Vista and I never had the problems that other people always complained about. To me it was just an incremental move up in the Windows tree.

[@aheendwhz1]

I was there and it literally was like this. Everyone hated Vista, everyone loved XP, and then Windows 7 came

[@leecowell8165]

All of micropuke's OS's are pieces of shit but that one took the cake. Yeah that was Gate's invention before he exited stage left.

[@koepeh]

Remembering that ChromeOs is also Linux 👍

[@rulershiroutac2471]

Android is also derived from linux but it's mainly for smartphone but still if you add it then linux is the winner i think

[@koepeh]

@@rulershiroutac2471 The video is about desktops, so it wouldn't make sense to put a system for mobile

[@zhafronsya7133]

but linux elitists don't like it much

[@mytech6779]

The kernel alone isn't a generally useful OS, it needs a set of other stuff to make it a functional OS. ChromOS and Android are proprietary shells on top of a Linux kernel. Generally "Linux" in the context of desktops refers narrowly to the kernel combined with GNU-derived utilities and shells.

[@badsubtitles498]

​@@zhafronsya7133because it sucks (i have a chromebook, i know what I'm saying), to be able to do anything other than web browsing you need crostini which is sometimes a bit janky. People think they only need a browser and that may be true most of the time but as soon as you need a specific thing done you're jiggered.

[@angelw7585]

Windows 7 I miss you so much.

[@fxturist8534]

Y'all crazy that almost nobody is using windows 11 but when you look at the graph, windows 11 was out in 2022 and it started growing extremely fast but it just didn't have enough time since now and that score is still huge after a year

[@_GhostMiner]

Windows XP was like "Fly me to the moon" 😅

[@nilsmafr]

Mac OSX should have its own representation. It differs more from MacOS than all Windows versions does from 2000 to Windows 11

[@jonr3198]

Yeah i know it would be hard to represent because the % are so small but it's weird that Mac OS increments 10 versions in the same time period and gets them all lumped together

[@kyarumomochi5146]

People dont care about spesific mac os versions like people care about windows versions Litterally all mac versions are practically the same

[@lamelama22]

@@kyarumomochi5146​​⁠Yea that’s completely incorrect historically. You’re talking about how current macOS 11.1 isn’t all that different from 11.2; true; but that wasn’t always the case, and that’s not what the OP is referring to. They were talking about when Apple completely threw out their OS, and replaced it with a completely different one, i.e. the change from Classic Mac OS to Mac OS X. “Classic” Mac OS back in the 80s and 90s was a completely different OS than what you know today; how it looked, how it worked, and a completely different code base. Basically it got real out of date, and they bought a different company with a modern OS, put an Apple logo on it, and it’s basically the same macOS you know today which became the basis for all the Macs & phones & tablets… that’s also how Steve Jobs got back into the company, & it saved them from going out of business…

[@willscorner8423]

@@kyarumomochi5146that’s bullshit, such comments come only from people who don’t know MacOS. And new macOS versions have a much higher installation rate than windows. You don’t have to care about hardware, just is your Mac supported or not. If not you still can install it, just through another way. My 2014 MBA 11" should not support the last three new OS updates. But still got it installed and they run fine. On an 9 year old MacBook air 11“ with the same 128GB SSD and battery and no changes made. Sure battery won’t make it 12h anymore, but still 4-5hours without charging even after all those years and a battery service warning since 2 years. No windows laptop could keep up with that without upgrades.

[@brianegendorf2023]

I kinda find it interesting that until a new Windows operating system matches the popularity of the previous version, the previous version stays pretty steady..but the moment that the the new operating system is equally as popular, the old one almost instantly falls of a ledge.

[@riccardo2478]

There is an error. My PC with XP from 2021 to the present is missing from the count. XP never dies😂

[@SolidRoach69]

Who else likes the nostalgia of the Windows XP boot sound?

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

8 and Vista really came and went unceremoniously

[@tiagovsky2014]

This is what i needed before, thanks!

[@edplat2367]

Will we ever see an os with the market share of xp again? It really is amazing how literally everything was designed to work for it.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Do you guys understand why xp had that market share in the first place? Its because there were ALOT less computers back then and governments were STARTING to adapt to computers so XP had an easy way out as no other competitor really dipped on the computer market Windows 10 has hundred times more the markey share of windows xp so windows 10s success is alot more impressive

[@morningmadera]

@@kyarumomochi5146 how can you have hundred times more than 80%? so windows 10 has 8000% market share? do you even math, bro?

[@user-kv5he9np2y]

If only Win8 have dirext 12 I will be the first in using 8.1 windows OS

[@vibaj16]

@@morningmadera probably meant absolute instead of percentage

[@brick7113]

Windows 7 is a legendary os, school still use it, look nostalgic such a good memory not like other windows version, i want the computer with such a beautiful os

[@cristianomalasquez9271]

Bet you are going to become popular

[@drike6]

😮

[@TutorialFux]

Very intresting. Thanks for sharing.

[@AlternativeWars]

Thanks for watching

[@watsonkong_official]

And the percentage of Windows Vista in 2022 is still increasing makes me shocked.

[@supervivo7069]

It's all the people nostalgic for Frutiger aero reinstalling it.

[@teg24601]

I'm assuming this is based on the traditional metric for "marketshare", meaning sales per year, not installed base. That makes the XP and 7 numbers better, as they were still selling new copies of both for years after their successors were released. Also, it artificially skews the MacOS numbers (and likely those for DOS and Commodore), as people who buy those machines don't typically replace them as often, either due to utility or perceived cost. I know a lot of DOS/Windows 3.1 users who didn't upgrade until 2000 or so, and lots of Mac users who only upgrade every 10+ years.

[@paulosullivan3472]

The more modern figures are more likely down to website metadata telemetry. Every time you log onto a website like googles front page for instance it will query your operating system so google will have very good figures for the percentage of OS in the market right now. Not so sure about how they got the figures in the early 2000's and before though.

[@zoomosis]

But then how is Linux measured? Few people ever buy it. I'm skeptical of the metrics though as it shows OS/2 with a higher percentage in 1990 compared to 1994. And no sources have been cited.

[@teg24601]

@@zoomosis There are a lot of sold versions of Linux, including SteamOS, and the RedHat, Ubuntu, and Suse distros for servers and workstations.

[@thisaintart]

Why is vista going up in 2023? 😂

[@Aerospace_Education]

Interesting to see the recent drop in MacOS from~17% to ~13.3%

[@redpillsatori3020]

Yeah strange, and that's despite the massive success of Apple Silicon. I wonder if maybe it's because of the pandemic/inflation/recession.

[@pkpnyt4711]

You see a drop because their mobile phone platform is the one growing, their desktop and laptop sales have pretty much receded through the years. They used to report the sales on its own, but now they don't even report any of their individual sales numbers.

[@kitatit]

I’m an Apple user and am totally in on iPhones but macs have become over the top, fragile expensive liabilities. I’ve got a used intel Mac mini and 4-5 dell desktops and laptops for various uses. Just can’t justify new mac now.

[@pearljam_1]

@@kitatitthought the same until they made their own chips. Unbelievable difference. These are now the best machines on the market. Battery life, temperature regulation, and performance. Unbeatable.

[@kitatit]

@@pearljam_1 Unfortunately the two main applications I use now, SolidWorks and Pangolin Beyond laser light show software, are Windows only. Yes I may be able to use virtualisation but I just buy 3-4yo ex business Dell Precisions for about 20% of the cost. My apple needs are pretty modest now. My brother has had to pay for 2x broken MacBook Air screens and the repair cost have been so expensive, scrapping them was seriously considered.

[@ninjazhu]

Given there were possibly more amstrads with cpm sold than amigas i am surprised cpm vanished so soon, its like pcw wasn't even considered, you could perhaps combine msx dos which is mostly compatible with cpm together with cpm

[@joermnyc]

MacOS holding on for decades until it finally hit’s #2 was very satisfying.

[@danpodjed3114]

I don't like proprietary software tho.

[@Butterscotch_96]

@@danpodjed3114Linux user?

[@Neraeo]

@@danpodjed3114 so same as windows?

[@danpodjed3114]

@@Neraeo Yep windows is proprietary, that's why I use Linux.

[@jacksong6226]

I love how you can see it decrease a bit after the thunderbolt only MacBooks, Jesus apple give is a serviceable SSD

[@drawerganizer785]

Linux actually did pretty well the past few years.

[@chesshooligan1282]

Wait till next year. Next year is the year of Linux.

[@KrK-EST]

Last and this year also suposed to be the year of linux. Anyway steam survey has shown totally different numbers even before steamdeck came out (like several times higer in steam survey). But yes next few years there will be mass exedus from windows to linux due to win11 and win 7 and 10 end of support. In linux land the problem is there is no standard for the majority to follow for a standardisation for support for games (yes steam had helped massively and will continue but a bit too slow and not implemented fully in other distros).

[@Villio.]

Cope harder evenif its free only 2% market share

[@drawerganizer785]

Before the replies here get too weird. No, Linux isn't going to suddenly take over the desktop market. There will never be a clear "Year of the Linux Desktop". Windows has a lot of momentum because it's been so popular for so long. Most users are familiar with it, most software is written for it, and most companies have based their infrastructure around it. Microsoft could let their product go to garbage (and they kind of are) and the exodus would be slow because of the sheer amount of lock-in. However, Windows is mostly running on momentum. For users who have switched to Linux and discovered that it serves all their use cases, there's no incentive to switch back. Linux has not lost any market share in the past decade. Windows has invasive telemetry, lack of customization, and constant nags and dark patterns trying to push other Microsoft products on its users. Linux by comparison is more respectful of its users. Some of the stuff Microsoft is doing with Windows would be scandalous in that ecosystem. Microsoft has changed their business model to capitalize hard off of Windows's popularity at the expense of the quality of the user experience. This makes them very profitable in the near term, but hurts them in the long run as people are more motivated to use alternatives. If Windows came out today in its present state. Very few people would want to switch to it. As more people use Linux, the more attention it gets, the more supported it gets by software developers and hardware manufacturers, the more use cases it's able to fulfill, the easier it is for more people to switch to it. And the quality of modern Linux distributions has gotten really good. Linux's market share is still low, but it has nearly doubled in the past three years, and is still growing. So yes, All things considered, Linux is doing well.

[@Hukur_]

Linux is the boss behind the shadows. Almost all services we use in internet have linux servers.

[@yugrajsingh8490]

Does anybody else just love to commentate in their head while watching these kind of videos?😂

[@willcarter7079]

I'd be curious what the market share for Linux would be if they counted commercial computers and servers in data centers.

[@vibovitold]

probably not much different, because laptops and desktops (basically, machines intended for individual use) obviously outnumber "servers in data centers" by orders of magnitude. that's by design, pretty much the core idea - that's how a company like Dropbox can use thousands of servers to handle the needs of hundreds of millions of users. not the other way round ;) i think this proportion makes it pretty easy to see why including the big computers wouldn't really make a dent in those statistics.

[@serg_sel7526]

Knowing that ~90% of industry is Linux-driven, it should be around 15% actually. By the way CromeOS is also linux distribution, so I wonder why it's detached from linux. Yes, Google loves playing with linux because it's free.

[@vibovitold]

@@serg_sel7526 it's Linux-based, but it's closed source, so I doubt if the Linux community recognises it as a Linux distributionl. And generally speaking, it won't let you run Linux-compatible applications out of the box.

[@babyboijeremy]

Its always so strange to me how linux users want so desperately to feel validated that yes this is "The OS". From now until the end of time linux will never be a big OS. You think regular home users are opening are terminal to do anything typing code? The reason why things really took off from DOS is it because it became sooo much easier to navigate the OS. Mac and windows are simple and easy for any user. It doesn't matter how scummy those OS get people are not going to resort to linux in droves. They might jump to mac or if they both get bad a brand new OS will be released by a new company. Simple and easy wins the masses. The moment the consumer has to decide between a thousand distro's and other jargon they dont understand you have lost them. Linux is for hobbist.

[@willcarter7079]

@@babyboijeremy I'm a Windows and Mac OS user. But I still feel like Linux is always shorted in these statistics videos. And to your point about users at home not wanting to open the kernel and type code, therefore they won't use Linux. My mom uses Linux. She doesn't even know she is using Linux. She uses her computer just like she always has. I just got her Pop_OS which is basically like a mixture of windows and Mac OS. It's super easy to use. People that use chromebooks wouldn't even notice if you gave them a Linux computer. You don't have to use Gnome. You can use system 76 or pop os.

[@donsurlylyte]

shows how popular and long lived xp was

[@procta2343]

yeah windows Vista took some time to get out on the table, which ended up been a flop, and most places just switched back to windows XP or held on till windows 7 come out.

[@noahtorocalzado]

Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me was only a program for MS-DOS, Windows (except NT, 2000) needed MS-DOS installed on the computer for having it.

[@mbit2050]

amazing overview!

[@Alina_the_Hedgehog]

Hope that Linux (as an everyday OS, not servers or other specialised uses) will gain more users over the years. Because of the Steam Deck, many people got more curious about Linux, and even before that, Android and Android-derivates have already established themselves on the mobile market. Linux Mint on my laptop, W10 on my home PC, and I refuse to upgrade on W11 because of how much stuff Microsoft forces on you and how little control they give you over your data. Someday, I'll switch completely over to Linux and try to rely as little as possible on VMs and emulation of Windows-exclusive software. Yes, there will be exceptions, but the situation could also be a bit different then.

[@kilobytecache6192]

Man XP hung on longer than I expected. Fun to see linux never leave the chart

[@Lucius4992]

TPM requirement results in a low percentage of W11 users. But I have seen people that can update just not doing it, I don't know why. W11 right now works great.

[@Benjybass]

Windows 7 appears in 2010 and still functions (without upgrades) up until this day. That's 13 years! Windows 10 came out in 2015 and is MS's leading OS. When 2028 arrives, we'll still see people using Windows 7, inspite of its 5 year advance ahead of 10.

[@gt8200-1]

Many people choose to stay on Windows 7 for as long as possible. I don't blame them. Not everyone wants to use Windows 10 or 11 or install Linux.

[@contra7631]

Actually it released on 2009

[@GhayasHaider.]

I'm still on windows 7 ❤

[@cjmillsnun]

A couple of comments. Until the release of Win 95, MS-DOS and IBM PC-DOS were the same product. Also the Commodore 64 ran on Commodore Basic. I also assume initially you're only looking at the US market, because over in Europe things were very different.

[@teg24601]

MS-DOS and PC-DOS were not 100% the same. While both were developed by Microsoft, PC-DOS had several things it is unique to IBM's machines. They were compatible, but marketed and sold separately.

[@LetoxxIant]

can't be US market, more globally. Mac OS has a market share of over 30% in the US now and ChromeOS 15% Windows (all versions) has only just above 50% in the US. Looks a bit different in Europe and Asia

[@ForOdinAndAsgard]

@@LetoxxIant There is a direct relation between being dumb and using Apple products. Since Murica consist of the most stupid people conceivable we see an overall higher market share of Apple products.

[@SkeletalMarbleRuns]

RIP Windows 7

[@Sensist2002France]

Respect to those who are still using Windows Vista when it discontinued in 2017

[@YtFalconXShorts]

Xp and 7 will stay as the legend of OS

[@ThinkCleverAndSmart]

I wonder how this would differ if just looking at home computers. Probably most of the PCs on the list are used at work where Windows is usually the only option. MacOS and Linux would probably be much more competitive when looking at home based systems where people can choose anything they want based on preference

[@LogenNinefingers]

Nope. Noone wants macos or linux cuz they are shit.

[@cigmorfil4101]

Include web servers, and Linux would be much higher.

[@ThinkCleverAndSmart]

@@cigmorfil4101 I would guess it is included, since this is probably based on activated copies of each operating system. Correct me if I’m wrong :)

[@cigmorfil4101]

@@ThinkCleverAndSmart I have Linux installed on 3 computers[1] i (still) regularly use at home, none have been "activated" nor registered. Are they thus excluded from the Linux stats? If so, how many other desktop/laptop Linux machines have also been excluded? [1] 2 of them came with XP and 1 with Vista - they probably showed up in the XP/Vista stats...

[@ecromancer]

Windows is for work and play because of the user interface. Linux/UNIX/BSD handles everything on sever side.

[@kevinpitts3548]

I always love these! I can't imagine the work behind it!

[@sawimi1234]

Nice video! I wonder why in the end windows vista is raising?

[@JordanPlayz158]

It was nice to see some actual competition in the OS space at the beginning

[@ww_4776]

100% disk usage was my main concern when using windows 10 as I have 2TB 5400RPM HDD. Thankfully haven't notice that after switching to windows 11..yet😅

[@ww_4776]

And my device was not officially supported due to fullish tpms requirements. Thankfully at least we can install it anyways even on non-tpms devices

[@user-kv5he9np2y]

​@@ww_4776 so win 11 is the same has 10,like vista or seven or XP seven much similar What TPM 2.0 do? is security hardware or what?

[@k.b.tidwell]

Intriguing visualization! Even though Linux is growing slowly, it's always growing. I'm like a lot of other people when I say that if Windows 12 is cloud-based and packed with AI telemetry I think the Microsoft dominance will look somewhat different. I never thought the Commodore 64 ecosystem would go away either when I was using that.

[@aheendwhz1]

It declined in the 2000s. I was surprised to see that, weren't that the glorious times of KDE 3 and Gnome 2? But maybe, Windows XP took a lot of reasons for using Linux, as it was pretty stable compared to its predecessors. But I'm glad to see that Linux is on an all-time high, I hope it is going to continue growing!

[@Dasaltwarrior]

Yeah, I can't imagine people wanting to use a windows PC for anything other than gaming. You'd might as well either go Mac of Linux instead of the weird frankenstein of an OS Windows has become Heck, gaming probably wont even be safe thanks to Valve, but things are still too early to make hard predictions on that

[@mytech6779]

Hard to say, tracking Linux popularity is pretty difficult as there are no sales figures for a company to brag about, it clearly dominates the server world and as a kernel for tons of appliances and android but none of that quite parallels desktop uses. As for windows, it has all of the market and training inertia with people who know nothing about computers and that is something extremely hard to change. (Most people don't know what an operating system is or does. Of the remainder who do know, most just want a zero mental effort plug and play appliance to surf the web, and I mean ZERO)

[@dmjc]

KDE3 and GNOME2 were also plagued with Awful NVIDIA support, non-existant ATi support and really dodgy wifi drivers. Now that GPU support is basically in the kernel and wifi is stable, Linux is getting faster and faster development at adding features users want (Apps/Games). The desktops are maturing and Linux is becoming everything for everyone. Krita is fantastic, Blender is fantastic, GIMP is about to drop 3.0, Libreoffice works well. There's not much Linux can't do and more items get bumped off the list every day.

[@mytech6779]

​@@dmjc I hope v3.0 brings a big change, the current GIMP user experience is not good. I don't know if it is a translation issue or something like that, but in the organization and adjustment of tools are as far from intuitive as I've ever seen in a program. Years ago GIMP had good useability but something changed and made a confusing mess of it. Libreoffice is good, occational quirks but 99% as good as the competition.

[@TheBananaJoint]

XP was a beast

[@christian.pertoni]

wow , Win Xp give me a powerful nostalgia !

[@screensoft]

I miss MSX-DOS and in the very beginning Vax-VMS, a very stable and important OS.

[@ForOdinAndAsgard]

MSX-DOS is CP/M.

[@luisvalc2187]

Si por mi fuera, seguiria usando Windows XP. Pero por las limitaciones de memoria RAM, menos de 4gb, entonces estaría con Windows 7. Pero tuve que abandonar ambos por la suspensión del soporte técnico, entonces migré a Windows 10. Y no tengo Windows 11, porque mi "compu" no tiene TPM. Pero lo instalaré en algun momento, pues se puede saltar el TPM.

[@firerat1653]

Tu compu vale oro. Si puedes correr el Windows XP sin problemas, probablemente tengas todo lo necesario para correr desde Windows 10 hasta un ms-dos con Windows 1.0 xD (siempre y cuando esté todo bien configurado en BIOS; boot MBR en vez de UEFI y acceso a disco IDE en vez de AHCI). Para el sonido puedes usar SBEMU (emulador de sound blaster ), sirve para AC97 y HD Audio si no me equivoco. Y si tienes suerte puede que incluso tengas (algo de?) soporte VESA/VBE, aunque eso es más probable en una gráfica integrada que dedicada. Tu PC es MUY compatible. Finalmente, si tu placa es del 2013/2014, puede que tenga una sección que diga "TPM", pero sin pines. Puedes comprar un módulo tpm y pedirle a un técnico que lo instale con pines y todo pero... a estas alturas, de Windows 11 en adelante, más vale la pena el "nuevo tipo" de PC, ese incompatible con Windows XP hacia atrás, por quedar con el límite de ram o el cpu que puedas ponerle al socket

[@orestestrivellas3153]

Great video! I use TRSDOS btw

[@csm120]

Somehow this made me feel nostalgic

[@goodguy2730]

if it wasn`t for updates, xp and 7 would still in top.

[@premierlitnant1570]

Crazy how popular windows XP and windows 10 is !!

[@SIBUK]

TBH I feel that 10 is only popular because people have no other choice. XP and 7 were way better.

[@TheDaniell1210]

Both were the versions with the longest time being the most recent option (XP by 5 years until Vista's release and 10 by 6 years until W11's release)

[@ytkaviya_256]

That's good work ❤

[@jobw]

I contributed to the C64, MS DOS, OS/2, 95, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 10, 11 numbers

[@larry785]

I believe this reflects the sales of computers that come WITH the operating system. If all the Linux computers that were home-built we would see a much higher rating.

[@lmcgregoruk]

Well you're not going to get much info from SALES of Linux Operating System, since most people using it will have obtained it for free, before either installing it on their previous Windows PC OR having it on CD/USB Stick for a new build.

[@n00dzable]

And that’s the problem. I'm pretty sure that all the Linux geeks are not included in the numbers.

[@robitobitut1529]

Well, the recent data might as well come from Websites, analyzing the visitors. But then it depends on what websites and how good that data is. So, challenging these days, too much data and so low quality 😜

[@nlk294]

I have to correct you. Commodore BASIC IS NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM. BASIC is a programming language. The OS was called KERNAL and it RAN Commodore BASIC. The C64 also ran KERNAL btw. edit: BAISIC and KERNAL are acronyms. That why I’ve written them in caps lock.

[@sandeepkumar35]

In China and India i still notice in office computers using windows xp mostly

[@Flightcontrol96]

I'm shocked that Vista held on as long as it did, also shocked that XP dropped off first given how many machines still to this day use it

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Many of those machines are government machines wich does NOT fall on this data sheet If it did XP would be around 25% as all governments still operate on windows xp

[@kartikeydeveradi3068]

Windows XP was everyone's love ❤

[@vibovitold]

Very solid OS, but its UI takes the cake for the ugliest interface ever, at least that default blue theme, making the entire OS look like some cheap toy made out of puffed up plastic

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

@@vibovitold I agree to an extent, but this is the same mindset that caused games consoles to go from cool, colourful, fun things (GameCube, Dreamcast, N64 etc.) to "generic black box" like the PS2, 3, 4, Xbox One, Series X, and no doubt the next ones too. Colourful things ooze personality that generic ones wish they had.

[@vibovitold]

​@@BlueEyedVibeChecker i don't mind the UI having personality, but it doesn't guarantee this will be great personality, and this one wasn't : ) it's a matter of taste. generally speaking when designers are having a field day, they tend to overdesign. because they're designers. so i'll give you a counterexample. early Chrome boasted a collection of themes which - in contrast to its major competitor at the time, Firefox - weren't created by amateurs, but by "leading artists, architects, musicians, illustrators, filmmakers and fashion and interior designers from across the globe". they were colorful and oozed personality from every pore. ...they were also completely unusable, because they made the UI barely readable.

[@tvold9204]

I love windows vista, glad to see people are still using it today. The hate back in the day was due to performance issues because it was ahead of its time.

[@SpiritintheSky.]

How most interesting. No mention, surprisingly, of Windows 3.1, my first o/s in (January) 1996. Thank you.

[@pawes7418]

If Windows 7 support newest libraries , drivers and developers don't "fake" disabling it's compatibility for their softwares I'm 100% win7 will be still top 1