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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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[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is how mac user do statistics?

[–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is how people make jokes

[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

its not even funny?

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago
[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Gnome goes brr

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

But number must go up!

[–] WolfhoundRO@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You people be bringing Linux distro versions, which are indeed double digits, but the graph really be showing the Linux kernel version, not the distros. And Linux kernel version is indeed 6.7 at the time of writing this

and that green is very tacky

[–] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

This plot is so stupid it's like comparing oranges to chairs. If they wanted to compare Kernels then compare Linux with XNU and Windows NT.

Didn't know XNU and Windows NT are hybrid kernels, interesting.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How big is your PC?

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Popularity =/= quality tho. See: Windows. :^)

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[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like macOS but this is stupid

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