(last update: September 2022) NEW!
including Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Chrome OS, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Illumos, Haiku, ArcaOS, RISC OS, MorphOS, and AmigaOS.
Also shown: Market share of consumer operating systems since 1970!
(last update: January 2022)
includes about 900 operating systems since the beginning of computing!
(last update: September 2022)
including Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi. Desktop, Android and iOS.
(last update: July 2022)
Many tried, few remain. Will any Chromium competitors be left in a few years?
(last update: September 2022)
including Microsoft Windows, Aqua (macOS), KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXQt, CDE, Enlightenment, Trinity, Unity, Pantheon, Lumina, Deepin, Budgie, and UKUI.
Also includes are very exhaustive list of available desktop environments, including discontinued and mobile ones.
Also shown: Screenshots and short personal reviews of all the major desktops!
(last update: September 2022) MAJOR UPDATE!
Timeline since 1990 showing the most important distributions and their default desktops (KDE, GNOME, Xfce and others)
(last update: September 2022) NEW!
How different are they and how different have they been? Looking at the most important distributions and their choice of desktop environment, widget toolkit, display server, package format, file system, init sofware, and security module from the year 2000 until today.
(last update: August 2022)
including XMPP/Conversations, Delta Chat, Matrix/Element, Signal, Telegram, Threema, Facebook Messenger, Line, Viber, and WhatsApp
(last update: September 2022)
Who can compete with Apple, Microsoft and Google while offering more privacy and features? Comparison of about 40 different providers with some recommendations at the end