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by manojlds 979 days ago
Weird way to list and sort OSs there.

Microsoft Windows but last, due to the W I guess but macOS has no Apple in it.

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The official name of the operating system built by Microsoft is Microsoft Windows. For the OS developed by Apple it's macOS. These are their actual names, this has no personal bias in it.
I think manojlds point is why the OS names are not sorted by the first word in their name as opposed to the last word in their name. Microsoft Windows should have come right after macOS, if the list was sorted alphabetically by first word, then last. It must be sorted by last, then first though. I guess it is a bit of a strange choice since most OS distributions seem to have a single word for their name, making Microsoft Windows appear miss-sorted.
Windows is 100% in the bottom not because of the name but because it is proprietary. The author of the website (Drew DeVault) is a devout FOSS proponent.
Makes sense, objectively it's also the worst OS.
If the whole list was sorted last, then first, "Alpine Linux" wouldn't appear first.
You are right. Thank you for pointing that out.
The author of the website not only made this tutorial but also ranked the OS's according to his preference too!

Windows deserves being at the bottom