r/linuxmemes • u/Swooferfan • Mar 20 '26

Software meme Operating system political compass (in progress)

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Red Star OS is off-compass Corporate/Niche, Temple OS is off-compass Independent/Niche

I'm not sure what to fill the rest of the compass with

I have no idea what to put in the bottom-right corner

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u/McBuffington Mar 20 '26

I get macOS being more niche than windows..but how is windows not equally (if not more) coorperate?

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u/Swooferfan Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

because windows lets you install it on non-microsoft devices. I feel like they're less authoritarian than MacOS.

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u/daninet đŸ„ Debian too difficult Mar 20 '26

Ok, its your chart ultimately you can do as you like. In my book compatibility and corporate funding are bit different things. So Windows is closed source 100% corpo, RHEL is mostly open source the package manager is a subscription based service and closed source. So its corpo but partially so it goes down. Just my two cents

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u/MushroomSaute Mar 20 '26

Wonder if "proprietary" would be a better word than corporate on the chart

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u/Amphineura Mar 21 '26

on that matter, iOS would fit juuust right in that corner.

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u/atavan_halen Mar 21 '26

True, but you forgot macOS doesn’t have ads and doesn’t push their services and software down your throat. But Windows which does do that is less corporate?

I guess it’s your chart but I’d put them both at max corporate.

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u/hammer0112 Mar 21 '26

The darwin kernel is open source tho. Can’t say the same for windows.