[johnklos]

This has quite the, "oh, we got both kinds. We got country AND western" vibe.

I don't think I'd call Linux, Mac and Windows "All Major Operating Systems".

Also, while istoica says there's ARM support, I see no links for downloads for anything but 64 bit x86, and there's nowhere to go for more information, unless we're expected to ask all questions on Twitter.

Perhaps "Parity on popular 64 bit x86 operating systems" would be more accurate?

[KronisLV]

> I don't think I'd call Linux, Mac and Windows "All Major Operating Systems".

In my eyes this pretty much covers it: they even have both DEB and RPM distro support, as well as AppImage and Flatpak packaging formats (they could also consider snaps, but those might not be strictly necessary, considering that there are .deb packages available).

What else would you like to add to the list of major operating systems?

Genuinely curious, i might expand it to include some of the BSD varieties, like FreeBSD and OpenBSD, but they never really embraced OCI images much, Docker not being a first class citizen, nor Podman, given that they already have the historical jails mechanism which is what you should use on those OSes in most cases.

One might also consider Android/iOS a "major" operating system, but those are almost never the targets for software like this, or things related to servers. Actually that's a shame, considering that an old phone with a custom Android ROM and root might make for a really cost-effective alternative to a Raspberry Pi, but alas, we're not quite there yet as an industry.

Any other suggestions? Agreed about ARM support, but that's an architecture question, rather than an OS one.

[isitmadeofglass]

What at the major operating systems you feel are missed, and how do their market shares compare to Windows, OSX and Linux?

[LeanderK]

which major operating systems are missing? I would indeed call Linux, Mac and Windows the "major" operation systems. You've got most use-cases covered. Surely there are exceptions, but these are the popular options.

[krautsourced]

BeOS, obviously.

[johnklos]

I take exception with the choice of wording in "all major operating systems".

If you saw a game marketed as runnable on "all major operating systems", would you think it's deceptive, or at very least a poor choice of wording, if the game really only ran on Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11?

In the open source world, on a site called "Hacker News", "all major operating systems" would usually be thought to mean more than just Mac, Windows and Linux, particularly when it's chosen as a headline.

Also, claims by the author about ARM support are nice, but I don't see any ARM anything, anywhere, so not only is it not "all major operating systems", but it's "just the three most popular OSes, and only then on 64 bit x86".

[tomnipotent]

How about you start by defining what a "major operating system" is, and then point out which by your definition are not included in Mac, Windows, and Linux.

[johnny22]

Probably means all major OS with the contrainst that can also run podman?