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Windows Linux Android based on Linux macOS (based on FreeBSD) iOS also based on BSD So, mostly three. Especially considering the BSDs' wide server presence.
by deusum 5y ago
Windows
Linux
Android based on Linux
macOS (based on FreeBSD)
iOS also based on BSD
So, mostly three. Especially considering the BSDs' wide server presence.
- jfb 5y agoDarwin is much further from BSD than Android is from mainline Linux, and the Android/Linux distinction is entirely sufficient to call them different operating systems. I think you can accurately say that there are either two or five distinct operating systems in wide consumer use at the moment: Windows and Unix, or Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.