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

      • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
        16·
        11 months ago

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

      • Xatolos@reddthat.com
        15·
        11 months ago

        There wasn’t a Windows 9 because a lot of (poorly) written software will do a system check for Windows version and if the first number is “9”, it won’t work and complain that you need to be using a Windows OS newer than Windows 9x (95/98).

        It was just for backwards compatibility more than anything.

        • hedgehog@ttrpg.network
          5·
          11 months ago

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

          • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
            4·
            11 months ago

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

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

    • dankm@lemmy.ca
      1·
      11 months ago

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