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Ubuntu is the most simplest.., 20.04 means it was released in april 2020. Windows 2004 means it was finalized in april 2020, but released some times later (may?

Ubuntu is the most simplest.., 20.04 means it was released in april 2020. Windows 2004 means it was finalized in april 2020, but released some times later (may? june? who knows).., plus they both try to release every 6 months and in case of ubuntu you know that even aprils are LTS, so it's always predictable to know what's the latest version. mac 10.15 means what? and the next release is gonna be 11.0. someone who doesn't follow or use macs has no idea to figure out if the latest version is 10.15 or 10.14, or 11.0...

Astrr 6y ago
Also for some reason many apps refer to the Mac OS 11 beta as "Mac OS 10.16" which furthers the confusion.
- NobodyNada 6y ago
  That “some reason” is compatibility. macOS has been on 10.x for 20 years now, and there’s a LOT of software that breaks if the reported version number is 11.0. IIRC early betas inconsistency reported either 10.16 or 11.0 depending on where you got the version number from, but now the version number exposed to an app depends on the SDK version the app was compiled against: old apps see 10.16 and new apps see 11.0. See https://eclecticlight.co/2020/07/21/big-sur-is-both-10-16-and-11-0-its-official/ https://eclecticlight.co/2020/07/21/big-sur-is-both-10-16-an...