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

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  • @AlternativeWars
    @AlternativeWars  Рік тому +636

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

    • @M_PrimalKyogre
      @M_PrimalKyogre Рік тому +124

      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

    • @M_PrimalKyogre
      @M_PrimalKyogre Рік тому +37

      still, sorry buddy ☹

    • @AlternativeWars
      @AlternativeWars  Рік тому +77

      @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
      @Avrelivs_Gold Рік тому +18

      other channels have same videos, they flag you

    • @AlternativeWars
      @AlternativeWars  Рік тому +14

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

  • @Mito505s
    @Mito505s Рік тому +1816

    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
      @hoppimike 11 місяців тому +119

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

    • @Wahinies
      @Wahinies 11 місяців тому +19

      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
      @jennyportilla5774 11 місяців тому +10

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

    • @Icybubba
      @Icybubba 11 місяців тому +34

      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
      @lythd 10 місяців тому

      @@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.

  • @PeterTrimboli
    @PeterTrimboli Рік тому +1819

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

    • @HelenFire420
      @HelenFire420 Рік тому +111

      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
      @Dimitri-tq8ti Рік тому +63

      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
      @procta2343 Рік тому +9

      @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
      @PeterTrimboli Рік тому +9

      @@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
      @procta2343 Рік тому

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

  • @DiamondMaster115
    @DiamondMaster115 Рік тому +2518

    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
      @DiamondMaster115 Рік тому +359

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

    • @davelloyd-
      @davelloyd- Рік тому +142

      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
      @serang Рік тому +156

      TPMS requirement refrain people from upgrading

    • @Windows7-fr5wz
      @Windows7-fr5wz Рік тому +77

      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
      @DiamondMaster115 Рік тому +114

      @@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

  • @Beebo
    @Beebo Рік тому +960

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

  • @seriouslyWeird
    @seriouslyWeird Рік тому +257

    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

    • @chaoscontagion3208
      @chaoscontagion3208 Рік тому +43

      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
      @samurphy Рік тому

      ​@@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
      @da_pwo Рік тому +1

      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
      @edmondtes5836 11 місяців тому +3

      But even more viruses.

    • @勇敢なチャート
      @勇敢なチャート 11 місяців тому

      ​@@edmondtes5836 Linux is alot more secure

  • @Gabriel-kl6bt
    @Gabriel-kl6bt 8 місяців тому +134

    Good job, Linux, on reaching 2+%.

    • @MultiBeast301
      @MultiBeast301 2 місяці тому +28

      Its 4% now. It'll probably increase when windows kills 10 in favor of the dumpster fire that is 11

    • @shaansingh6048
      @shaansingh6048 2 місяці тому +4

      @@MultiBeast30111 is practically the same as 10, there isn’t enough difference for 10 users to switch when they wouldn’t switch before.

    • @MultiBeast301
      @MultiBeast301 2 місяці тому

      @@shaansingh6048 Windows recall is a huge privacy concern. Second, the required specs for W11 are so ridiculous that when windows 10 loses support next year, many computers will end up in the landfill due to not being able to upgrade. W11 is windows 10 but worse in every way

    • @男の娘-b2h
      @男の娘-b2h 2 місяці тому +7

      Reason I switched to Linux, because they will drop soon win 10

    • @nninjastrike2127
      @nninjastrike2127 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@男の娘-b2hThere's still a year of Windows 10 security updates.

  • @Noycey64
    @Noycey64 Рік тому +1921

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

    • @lazarus2691
      @lazarus2691 Рік тому +136

      Same with Vista/XP.

    • @mtrebtreboschi5722
      @mtrebtreboschi5722 Рік тому +122

      Same with windows 11/10

    • @procta2343
      @procta2343 Рік тому +66

      @@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
      @procta2343 Рік тому +30

      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
      @pastiesandagstring Рік тому +17

      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.

  • @axelprino
    @axelprino Рік тому +619

    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
      @kyarumomochi5146 Рік тому +68

      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
      @axelprino Рік тому +50

      @@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
      @kyarumomochi5146 Рік тому +4

      @@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

    • @unwoke1652
      @unwoke1652 Рік тому +2

      W7 64 Ultimate was a pig, incompatible with life and that is why I adopted Linux. I don't understand why W7 was loved. It was immature, top heavy, a resource hog and slow. People don't use logic.

    • @volvodude101
      @volvodude101 Рік тому +7

      All the original NT developers were gone by 2012. Windows is now a zombie OS where the good code is just having spyware and shit piled on top of it. It's ogre.

  • @kevinyoliveira68
    @kevinyoliveira68 Рік тому +115

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

    • @FRANCESCO20-24
      @FRANCESCO20-24 8 місяців тому +4

      👍🏼👌🏼

    • @coinglobe12
      @coinglobe12 7 місяців тому +5

      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
      @kevinyoliveira68 7 місяців тому

      @@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
      @DASPRiD 7 місяців тому

      @@coinglobe12 Like… Steam? ;)

    • @ultimate9056
      @ultimate9056 7 місяців тому +6

      ​@coinglobe12 so Steam?

  • @tomhighsmith
    @tomhighsmith Рік тому +485

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

    • @DemPilafian
      @DemPilafian Рік тому

      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
      @funtostical Рік тому +78

      Becoz it was always costly

    • @CriticalPotato
      @CriticalPotato Рік тому +77

      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
      @a0flj0 Рік тому +23

      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
      @goofball1_134 Рік тому +53

      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.

  • @tammodirksen1408
    @tammodirksen1408 Рік тому +696

    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
      @leecowell8165 Рік тому +104

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

    • @JordanRichardson9
      @JordanRichardson9 Рік тому +38

      I use Linux Mint on my home computer

    • @bnrid8086
      @bnrid8086 Рік тому +30

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

    • @TheEuronaut
      @TheEuronaut Рік тому +37

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

    • @jondonnelly3
      @jondonnelly3 Рік тому +32

      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.

  • @cacoethes-scribendi
    @cacoethes-scribendi 11 місяців тому +3

    Thanks!

  • @OsmarBros
    @OsmarBros Рік тому +380

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

    • @fra93ilgrande
      @fra93ilgrande Рік тому +10

      Absolutely 🥹🤧 so much memories with it

    • @MiniKodjo
      @MiniKodjo Рік тому +16

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

    • @OsmarBros
      @OsmarBros Рік тому +17

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

    • @LuizBHMG
      @LuizBHMG Рік тому +13

      ​@@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
      @anti_alpha1132 Рік тому +74

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

  • @noahclarke9615
    @noahclarke9615 Рік тому +459

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

    • @Saxofome
      @Saxofome Рік тому +50

      Times are good when booting up WinXP Those days

    • @zeruty
      @zeruty Рік тому +33

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

    • @shuvamsky
      @shuvamsky Рік тому +9

      Good old days.

    • @alistairmcelwee7467
      @alistairmcelwee7467 Рік тому +29

      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
      @morganb900 Рік тому +5

      Yes. It was discontinued in 2014

  • @brick7113
    @brick7113 11 місяців тому +17

    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

  • @maverickvgc4220
    @maverickvgc4220 Рік тому +619

    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
      @leothehuman_9476 Рік тому +109

      and maybe due to Windows 11, I guess

    • @Enviction
      @Enviction Рік тому +6

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

    • @leothehuman_9476
      @leothehuman_9476 Рік тому +1

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

    • @Nekovocal
      @Nekovocal Рік тому +138

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

    • @Enviction
      @Enviction Рік тому +15

      @@Nekovocal ooh that makes sense I guess

  • @Foebane72
    @Foebane72 Рік тому +140

    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
      @cjmillsnun Рік тому +8

      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-
      @davelloyd- Рік тому +5

      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
      @lmcgregoruk Рік тому +3

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

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 Рік тому +3

      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
      @ShamrockParticle Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @rockstar78970
    @rockstar78970 Рік тому +26

    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

    • @Nuclear-Owl
      @Nuclear-Owl 5 місяців тому

      I know I'm extremely late (sorry), but that's plain not true. Any Windows operating system is less stable and fast than Linux based systems. To be honest, I don't believe that the US military still uses XP, but I'm no expert on that, so in case they do, that's probably just because they don't want to buy newer computers and because newer versions of Windows aren't even that much better. Another reason they use Windows is probably because it has all sorts of back doors and ways to access your computer implemented by Microsoft after the US government demanded them to, while Linux distros are A: too small for the US to bother tracking users on or B: simply refused to implement back doors when the US demanded they do so (like macOS). So Windows is the US governments favored OS. Anyway, I'm not completely disagreeing with you - I see the sentimental value in Windows XP.

    • @nixnix22
      @nixnix22 4 місяці тому +2

      L take, Windows XP beat Linux at the time and for a very long time for a reason

    • @Nuclear-Owl
      @Nuclear-Owl 4 місяці тому +1

      @@nixnix22 Don't want to start a whole argument about this, but that's not true. It beat Linux because Microsoft was already a big company, while Linux isn't really distributed by one specific company, and is advertised a lot less than Microsoft advertises Windows. Also, Windows is the default OS which comes on most computers, so people just use it. Not because it's actually better.

  • @seanyao7491
    @seanyao7491 Рік тому +194

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

    • @aheendwhz1
      @aheendwhz1 Рік тому +2

      And XP is just one version of Windows

    • @klounader
      @klounader Рік тому

      @@aheendwhz1 Crazy good! One love!

    • @marcelmolenaar5684
      @marcelmolenaar5684 Рік тому +1

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

    • @procta2343
      @procta2343 Рік тому +12

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

    • @isrbillmeyer
      @isrbillmeyer Рік тому

      Just question of time before Linux will dominate

  • @PhilMoskowitz
    @PhilMoskowitz Рік тому +243

    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
      @iplyrunescape305 Рік тому +17

      And 10 worse, and 11 even worse

    • @Kmmlc
      @Kmmlc Рік тому +21

      @@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
      @iplyrunescape305 Рік тому +53

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

    • @ua0sqq
      @ua0sqq Рік тому +5

      And MS DOS 83%

    • @seriouslyWeird
      @seriouslyWeird Рік тому +10

      Vista was absolutely utterly bad lol

  • @m.i.g.2023
    @m.i.g.2023 Рік тому +17

    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

  • @alderlake12th
    @alderlake12th Рік тому +95

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

    • @aheendwhz1
      @aheendwhz1 Рік тому +20

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

    • @alderlake12th
      @alderlake12th Рік тому

      @@aheendwhz1Ya, as my first OS used

    • @JordanRichardson9
      @JordanRichardson9 Рік тому +4

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

    • @procta2343
      @procta2343 Рік тому +5

      @@JordanRichardson9 also the failure of windows vista kept windows XP going too.

    • @JordanRichardson9
      @JordanRichardson9 Рік тому +1

      @@procta2343 Yeah

  • @MaxXMcGill
    @MaxXMcGill Рік тому +76

    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
      @BrBill Рік тому +17

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

    • @mdkieran
      @mdkieran Рік тому +24

      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
      @vibovitold Рік тому +17

      @@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
      @Lsvy97 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@BrBillthe video is about desktops and laptops tho

    • @BrBill
      @BrBill 11 місяців тому +2

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

  • @v1deo.hunter.d317
    @v1deo.hunter.d317 10 місяців тому +9

    8 and Vista really came and went unceremoniously

  • @sepplschpeedruns281
    @sepplschpeedruns281 Рік тому +176

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

    • @dormi_torio
      @dormi_torio Рік тому +28

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

    • @evancombs5159
      @evancombs5159 Рік тому +47

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

    • @runthenumbers9698
      @runthenumbers9698 Рік тому +56

      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
      @sepplschpeedruns281 Рік тому

      @@runthenumbers9698 agreed, Win7 was great.

    • @kopasdupas
      @kopasdupas Рік тому +24

      I would stay with XP if I could.

  • @katiesonglyrics
    @katiesonglyrics 10 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for this! Keep it up!!

  • @jacky02122012
    @jacky02122012 Рік тому +221

    where is windows 3.1 ?

    • @AlternativeWars
      @AlternativeWars  Рік тому +139

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

    • @jacky02122012
      @jacky02122012 Рік тому +19

      @@AlternativeWars don't know that.Thank you

    • @techsupprouk
      @techsupprouk Рік тому +32

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

    • @mb-3faze
      @mb-3faze Рік тому +9

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

    • @Adiee5Priv
      @Adiee5Priv Рік тому +2

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

  • @regisdumoulin
    @regisdumoulin Рік тому +132

    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
      @osu9400 Рік тому +13

      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
      @pit32 Рік тому

      Win8 was cool and different!

    • @defaultuser0856
      @defaultuser0856 Рік тому +2

      Me too daily driving linux

    • @regisdumoulin
      @regisdumoulin Рік тому

      @@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
      @richardoctovianus2290 Рік тому +6

      Too bad no Microsoft Office for you..

  • @Ghosty6464
    @Ghosty6464 9 місяців тому +8

    Linux now has over 4%, it’s starting to gain again. Thank you, Steam Deck.

  • @kenaitchison7712
    @kenaitchison7712 Рік тому +125

    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
      @sorosaltgaming Рік тому +15

      That's how you know it's really bad

    • @profewiase
      @profewiase Рік тому +22

      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
      @thebasketballhistorian3291 Рік тому +9

      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
      @raisin417 Рік тому +9

      @@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
      @TurboPikachu Рік тому +2

      @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)

  • @ListersHatsune
    @ListersHatsune Рік тому +74

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

    • @CoolerFN15
      @CoolerFN15 Рік тому +32

      7 was close

    • @home-space
      @home-space Рік тому +4

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

    • @ME0WMERE
      @ME0WMERE Рік тому +15

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

    • @AlejandroMagnoRivas
      @AlejandroMagnoRivas 11 місяців тому +2

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

    • @_kitaes_
      @_kitaes_ 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@home-space1 year gap makes it obvious

  • @ABUltra64
    @ABUltra64 8 місяців тому +52

    Linux has been around since 1992 and is *STILL ALIVE?!* now THATS impressive

    • @ExpnIT
      @ExpnIT 8 місяців тому +11

      Linux will remain the os for super computer and servers. However it is not for Desktop but nowadays companies like canonical and other opensource organizations started customized Linux to make it more user-friendly. However some Linux Distros are better for developers more than windows. Such Ubuntu, Linux mint etc. the complexities are less tk set-up development tools on Linux.

    • @КартманКартман-я8ш
      @КартманКартман-я8ш 3 місяці тому +10

      @@ExpnIT actually, linux become user-friendly as windows. no more pure keyboard ascii installations, no more red-eyes debug. if you only use browser, simple office tools, listen music and watch movies (just like most of internet users), than you can easily move to linux and doesnt even notice that. same google chrome or firefox, and no more annoying autoupdate-restarts from windows. right now windows is better in only two things - games and special software. if you are not gamer or your work does not attached to some extremely specific program - chose linux and be amazed

    • @Tudvari
      @Tudvari 3 місяці тому +11

      Why would it be impressive? I mean it's as impressive as Windows' or Mac's age. I.e. Mac and Windows are older than Linux.
      The video's creator just used "Linux" to group all the various branches and versions of Linux. It doesn't mean that the Linux family doesn't evolve like other OS-es.
      I guess the creator went with this visualisation because there are so many variations. If it would be displayed like Windows where 95, 98, XP, etc, all got separate bars... the Linux data would cause the chart to be cluttered.
      But I guess having different rules across the chart kind of ruins the point of the chart. Either group all Linux-es and group all Windowses as one... or don't group any of them. But grouping one and not grouping another just makes the chart unusable.

    • @ABUltra64
      @ABUltra64 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Tudvari oh

    • @bumblingberry
      @bumblingberry 2 місяці тому +4

      Linux is not only still alive. Linux is thriving. It has taken over the server market and is consistently growing year by year with desktops. Fun thing for anyone to do, look up any unrelated company say Disney and type in "Jobs" and "Linux". Then be amazed how many companies are looking for people proficient in UNIX-like architecture. That's how you know Linux is healthy and well.

  • @solracer66
    @solracer66 Рік тому +49

    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
      @audiokitoblaruz Рік тому +1

      25 likes no replies, lemme fix this

    • @JasirKT
      @JasirKT Рік тому +6

      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
      @hiddentreasure2161 9 місяців тому +7

      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
      @ebad_ki_animation 8 місяців тому

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

    • @alareiks742
      @alareiks742 2 місяці тому +1

      Not Mac OS 9

  • @doctorigp
    @doctorigp Рік тому +37

    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
      @fuseteam Рік тому +11

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

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Рік тому +7

      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
      @aheendwhz1 Рік тому +9

      And Valve

    • @felixjohnson3874
      @felixjohnson3874 Рік тому

      ​@@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
      @hgilbert Рік тому +1

      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.

  • @drawerganizer785
    @drawerganizer785 Рік тому +128

    Linux actually did pretty well the past few years.

    • @chesshooligan1282
      @chesshooligan1282 Рік тому +36

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

    • @KrK-EST
      @KrK-EST Рік тому +9

      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.
      @Villio. Рік тому +8

      Cope harder evenif its free only 2% market share

    • @drawerganizer785
      @drawerganizer785 Рік тому +33

      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_
      @Hukur_ Рік тому +30

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

  • @cometoyoursenses9310
    @cometoyoursenses9310 Рік тому +12

    Windows XP... what a legend

  • @_GhostMiner
    @_GhostMiner 9 місяців тому +8

    The extremely fast adoption of old windows versions shows how well the OS used to be made. Nowadays every version is mostly just the same crap with different paint on that you switch to only due to external factors

    • @krivolap50
      @krivolap50 4 місяці тому +1

      Большой рост популярности старых версий виндовс обусловлен тем, что его изначально ставили почти на всё.

  • @riccardo2478
    @riccardo2478 Рік тому +17

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

  • @haroldasraz
    @haroldasraz Рік тому +6

    Good to see Windows 7 still having fun.

  • @Big-Chungus21
    @Big-Chungus21 Рік тому +19

    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
      @SttormOfc Рік тому +4

      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
      @legendaerycraft2226 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@SttormOfcthats why I use tiny 10

    • @AlejandroMagnoRivas
      @AlejandroMagnoRivas 11 місяців тому +2

      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

    • @The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung
      @The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung 8 місяців тому

      @@AlejandroMagnoRivas 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
      @ultimate9056 7 місяців тому +3

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

  • @brianegendorf2023
    @brianegendorf2023 Рік тому +9

    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.

  • @hurle0409
    @hurle0409 Рік тому +46

    I'm happy to see Linux usage increased lately.

    • @klounader
      @klounader Рік тому +2

      Windows suks!

    • @badsubtitles498
      @badsubtitles498 Рік тому +6

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

    • @klounader
      @klounader Рік тому

      @@badsubtitles498 окна отстой. windows must die!

    • @anon1963
      @anon1963 Рік тому +2

      ​@@klounaderwindows is fine

    • @CathrineMacNiel
      @CathrineMacNiel Рік тому +1

      3% baby and rising :)

  • @JordanPlayz158
    @JordanPlayz158 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @legionx97
    @legionx97 Рік тому +18

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

  • @blackcats2064
    @blackcats2064 Рік тому +5

    2:40 Here came the king

  • @willcarter7079
    @willcarter7079 Рік тому +22

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

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold 11 місяців тому +2

      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
      @serg_sel7526 11 місяців тому +4

      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
      @vibovitold 11 місяців тому

      @@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
      @babyboijeremy 11 місяців тому +4

      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
      @willcarter7079 11 місяців тому +6

      @@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.

  • @nilsmafr
    @nilsmafr Рік тому +33

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

    • @jonr3198
      @jonr3198 Рік тому +6

      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
      @kyarumomochi5146 Рік тому +2

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

    • @lamelama22
      @lamelama22 Рік тому

      @@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
      @willscorner8423 Рік тому

      @@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.

  • @angelw7585
    @angelw7585 Рік тому +9

    Windows 7 I miss you so much.

  • @tiagovsky2014
    @tiagovsky2014 Рік тому +1

    This is what i needed before, thanks!

  • @Shakura8
    @Shakura8 Місяць тому +5

    Windows 95 was the most genius creation to Microsoft. Basically all the ui idea hasn't changed much until today. Same start menu, same windows explorer etc. crazy!

  • @GroupNebula563
    @GroupNebula563 Рік тому +9

    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.

  • @cgi2173
    @cgi2173 Рік тому +19

    Cannot believe how quickly Vista was swept aside.

    • @spaceman7915
      @spaceman7915 Рік тому +7

      I cant believe it is increasing during 2020-2023

    • @jacksong6226
      @jacksong6226 Рік тому +1

      It has to be used for legacy games or something

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Рік тому +3

      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
      @aheendwhz1 Рік тому +7

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

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 Рік тому +1

      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.

  • @edplat2367
    @edplat2367 Рік тому +9

    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
      @kyarumomochi5146 Рік тому +1

      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
      @morningmadera Рік тому +2

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

    • @AlejandroMagnoRivas
      @AlejandroMagnoRivas 11 місяців тому +1

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

    • @vibaj16
      @vibaj16 9 місяців тому

      @@morningmadera probably meant absolute instead of percentage

    • @why-m3g
      @why-m3g 3 місяці тому

      @@morningmadera hyperbole

  • @orestestrivellas3153
    @orestestrivellas3153 Рік тому +1

    Great video!
    I use TRSDOS btw

  • @cristianomalasquez9271
    @cristianomalasquez9271 Рік тому +18

    Bet you are going to become popular

  • @kilobytecache6192
    @kilobytecache6192 10 місяців тому +4

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

  • @mbit2050
    @mbit2050 Рік тому +1

    amazing overview!

  • @koepeh
    @koepeh Рік тому +36

    Remembering that ChromeOs is also Linux 👍

    • @rulershiroutac2471
      @rulershiroutac2471 Рік тому +6

      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
      @koepeh Рік тому +13

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

    • @zhafronsya7133
      @zhafronsya7133 Рік тому +3

      but linux elitists don't like it much

    • @mytech6779
      @mytech6779 Рік тому +2

      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
      @badsubtitles498 Рік тому

      ​@@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.

  • @fxturist8534
    @fxturist8534 Рік тому +5

    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

    • @epicdeboxfort1406
      @epicdeboxfort1406 7 місяців тому

      Yes but you need to understand currently 72% of Windows users, alone, Use windows 10 and only like 23% use 11, Alot of offices and buissness use 10 still because its just better for work and mainly focuses on compatiibility and 11 cares about Secuirty and stuff

  • @perochialjoe
    @perochialjoe Місяць тому +2

    Windows 11 making Linux grow more than it has in years. I just installed Fedora today and I'm genuinely surprised at how easy it was to set up and get working

  • @JohnDoe-ug6go
    @JohnDoe-ug6go 6 місяців тому +3

    I've always loved Windows 8 and I still continue to use it as my main operating system

  • @BHNative
    @BHNative Рік тому +72

    Linux will conquer it some day, slowly but surely

    • @AlternativeWars
      @AlternativeWars  Рік тому +21

      it even good for old weak pc

    • @supernovaw39
      @supernovaw39 Рік тому +12

      Fingers crossed

    • @serang
      @serang Рік тому +10

      Linux (the kernel, not GNU/Linux) has already been running everywhere. Even my DJI FPV goggles runs Linux

    • @supernovaw39
      @supernovaw39 Рік тому +3

      @@serang But most people don't even know and keep running absolutely proprietary operating systems on their PCs :(

    • @cycnutag
      @cycnutag Рік тому +5

      At the death of remote computing, Linux will be there for us

  • @Alina_the_Hedgehog
    @Alina_the_Hedgehog Рік тому +15

    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.

    • @RottenMuLoT
      @RottenMuLoT 2 місяці тому +1

      The exceptions are few and far between, based on my personal recent experience. Go for it, dual boot just to convince yourself.

  • @JackoBanon1
    @JackoBanon1 Рік тому +9

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

    • @Stilingue739
      @Stilingue739 7 місяців тому

      Yes

    • @olivenhelm8468
      @olivenhelm8468 5 місяців тому +1

      I'm using it today and I can say it is most probably thanks to the Extended Kernel project that enables to run a lot of programs not supported on Vista

    • @_schultzco
      @_schultzco Місяць тому +2

      @@olivenhelm8468 How do I make this extended kernel work?

    • @olivenhelm8468
      @olivenhelm8468 Місяць тому +2

      @@_schultzco Lots of tutorials out there and it‘s really no rocket science.

    • @_schultzco
      @_schultzco Місяць тому

      @ ok

  • @SMG4andDanTDMfan6906
    @SMG4andDanTDMfan6906 11 місяців тому +5

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

  • @christian.pertoni
    @christian.pertoni Рік тому +4

    wow , Win Xp give me a powerful nostalgia !

  • @marcosbrolio
    @marcosbrolio Рік тому +12

    OS/2 was a fantastic OS

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Рік тому +1

      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.

  • @12villages
    @12villages Рік тому +26

    WinXP would have stayed on top in 2023 had they updated all services. Win7 was awesome too for including the classic mode. Microsoft is a case study of how not to kill your most popular people friendly product.

    • @gt8200-1
      @gt8200-1 Рік тому +8

      Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 so that people had to use Windows 10. It's a shame.

    • @WololoWololo2
      @WololoWololo2 11 місяців тому +2

      Atleast Windows 10 is the only OS that is mainlined and in focus just like the 11, rather than Microsoft had to push more features to XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 at the same time, don’t forget the Vista, all getting support at same time could result to inconsistent development left for Windows 10

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold 11 місяців тому +1

      It simply wouldn't be Windows XP anymore.
      In fact, "late" Windows XP (after its latest, massive "service pack" updates) was already so different from the originally released Windows XP underneath that Microsoft could have announced it as the next Windows version and it would be perfectly justified.

  • @doomer37
    @doomer37 5 місяців тому +1

    This was honestly emotional to watch...

  • @kayak2hell
    @kayak2hell Рік тому +15

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

    • @PhilMoskowitz
      @PhilMoskowitz Рік тому +4

      It was consider MS-DOS.

    • @kayak2hell
      @kayak2hell Рік тому +2

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

    • @mvrabreu
      @mvrabreu Рік тому +5

      Windows 3.1 wasn't an OS.

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold Рік тому +2

      @@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
      @qbasicmichael 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Aerospace_Education
    @Aerospace_Education Рік тому +16

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

    • @redpillsatori3020
      @redpillsatori3020 Рік тому

      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
      @pkpnyt4711 Рік тому +2

      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
      @kitatit Рік тому

      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
      @pearljam_1 Рік тому +6

      @@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
      @kitatit Рік тому

      @@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.

  • @puspenbain1876
    @puspenbain1876 11 місяців тому +1

    superb 👍

  • @ThinkCleverAndSmart
    @ThinkCleverAndSmart Рік тому +21

    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
      @LogenNinefingers Рік тому

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

    • @cigmorfil4101
      @cigmorfil4101 Рік тому +6

      Include web servers, and Linux would be much higher.

    • @ThinkCleverAndSmart
      @ThinkCleverAndSmart Рік тому +3

      @@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
      @cigmorfil4101 Рік тому +4

      @@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
      @ecromancer Рік тому

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

  • @jack6539
    @jack6539 Рік тому +18

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

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Рік тому +1

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

    • @FRANCESCO20-24
      @FRANCESCO20-24 8 місяців тому

      Amiga y amigo

  • @yugrajsingh8490
    @yugrajsingh8490 11 місяців тому +4

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

  • @dragonbleu1205
    @dragonbleu1205 4 місяці тому +1

    Very interesting video ! Great ! AMIGA

  • @k.b.tidwell
    @k.b.tidwell Рік тому +77

    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
      @aheendwhz1 Рік тому +6

      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
      @Dasaltwarrior Рік тому

      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
      @mytech6779 Рік тому +3

      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
      @dmjc Рік тому +9

      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
      @mytech6779 Рік тому +2

      ​@@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.

  • @kevinpitts3548
    @kevinpitts3548 Рік тому +5

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

  • @Edson-qb8kn
    @Edson-qb8kn Місяць тому +1

    Fantastic how vista was growing up again!

  • @_GhostMiner
    @_GhostMiner Рік тому +7

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

  • @kartikeydeveradi3068
    @kartikeydeveradi3068 Рік тому +4

    Windows XP was everyone's love ❤

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold Рік тому +1

      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

    • @The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung
      @The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung 8 місяців тому

      @@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
      @vibovitold 8 місяців тому

      ​@@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung 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.

  • @KKilgore
    @KKilgore 5 місяців тому +1

    XP and 7 are both legends. Can't imagine another OS becoming another beloved OS phenomenon

  • @THE_ADMIN-dl3qk
    @THE_ADMIN-dl3qk 5 місяців тому +5

    for me its the way linux kept falling back but never really died

  • @DerrickBest
    @DerrickBest Рік тому +4

    I started my journey on MS DOS. I've used every major version of consumer OS since then. Now i tinker with Linux. Linux is frustratingly fun. 😊

  • @ytkaviya_256
    @ytkaviya_256 8 місяців тому

    That's good work ❤

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc Рік тому +10

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

    • @danpodjed3114
      @danpodjed3114 Рік тому +12

      I don't like proprietary software tho.

    • @Butterscotch_96
      @Butterscotch_96 Рік тому

      @@danpodjed3114Linux user?

    • @asagu2
      @asagu2 Рік тому +4

      @@danpodjed3114 so same as windows?

    • @danpodjed3114
      @danpodjed3114 Рік тому +5

      @@asagu2 Yep windows is proprietary, that's why I use Linux.

    • @jacksong6226
      @jacksong6226 Рік тому +1

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

  • @sumirandahal76
    @sumirandahal76 Рік тому +58

    As of August 2023, Linux has globally 3.19 % desktop market share ❤, love penguin, did you guys notice from the beginning of the Linux I didn't see vanishing any moment in the bar chart . That's because Linux runs the world 🌎 , 95% world servers are ran by Linux. ❤

    • @fabiojose9565
      @fabiojose9565 Рік тому +1

      O que importa é o sistema que o povo usa. Sem usuário final não adianta nada.

    • @volvodude101
      @volvodude101 Рік тому

      Linux kinda sux but it's gonna be necessary since windows has become mossad spyware.

    • @zendraw3468
      @zendraw3468 Рік тому +2

      well its free and open source, such projects arent popular but are very enduring through time

    • @RunForPeace-hk1cu
      @RunForPeace-hk1cu Рік тому +4

      It’s a server OS
      Client OS is shitty

    • @EmptyNullified
      @EmptyNullified Рік тому +4

      ​@@RunForPeace-hk1cuits great as a desktop OS too. Depends what you want to do.

  • @tanybrachid
    @tanybrachid 3 місяці тому +1

    Hey! Could you link your sources for these figures? I'd love them for an essay i'm writing. Thanks in advance.

    • @AlternativeWars
      @AlternativeWars  3 місяці тому

      I'm sorry - this video made about 1 year ago and I don't keep links of data sources
      but some of data sources for this video that i remember is : Ars Technica, StatCounter, NetMarketShare, ZDNet, CNET.

  • @Lucius4992
    @Lucius4992 Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @Windows7_2009
    @Windows7_2009 11 місяців тому +43

    I use Windows 7 today in 2024

  • @tvold9204
    @tvold9204 9 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @monad_tcp
    @monad_tcp Рік тому +12

    3:35 wait, WTF , who's migrating to Windows Vista ? Must be some ATM manufacturers or Car makers, those are the worst in using old obsolete tech

    • @Jamirio
      @Jamirio Рік тому

      Wista never dies

    • @KaiSpranger-f4b
      @KaiSpranger-f4b 3 місяці тому +1

      Longhorn

    • @rblxwqypp8174
      @rblxwqypp8174 2 місяці тому

      @@Jamirioeven I support Windows but I do want u to search up bad vista

  • @pawes7418
    @pawes7418 Рік тому +5

    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

  • @SpiritintheSky.
    @SpiritintheSky. Рік тому +1

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

  • @GhayasHaider.
    @GhayasHaider. Рік тому +5

    I'm still on windows 7 ❤

    • @Sehaj025
      @Sehaj025 6 місяців тому +1

      i also

  • @Benjybass
    @Benjybass Рік тому +12

    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
      @gt8200-1 Рік тому +4

      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
      @contra7631 9 місяців тому +2

      Actually it released on 2009

  • @Robyoung82
    @Robyoung82 10 місяців тому +2

    Why isn't MacOS divided by version number? Or Windows combined?

    • @AlternativeWars
      @AlternativeWars  10 місяців тому

      it need separate video - each os have a lot of distro

  • @premierlitnant1570
    @premierlitnant1570 Рік тому +4

    Crazy how popular windows XP and windows 10 is !!

    • @SIBUK
      @SIBUK Рік тому +1

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

    • @TheDaniell1210
      @TheDaniell1210 Рік тому

      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)

  • @cjmillsnun
    @cjmillsnun Рік тому +6

    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
      @teg24601 Рік тому +3

      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
      @LetoxxIant Рік тому +1

      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
      @ForOdinAndAsgard Рік тому

      @@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.