I'd put Haiku on the extreme top left corner (or in one of the two rows below that first column) since it's based on BeOS - it's a corporate OS wether it exits or not and it intends to replicate said corporate OS. In its place I'd put either TempleOS or Plan9.

Arch isn't hard to install (anymore). It takes 5 minutes with archinstall.

linux mint, but Debian edition, i feel is left of the centre split, but only a bit.

How is Windows less corporate than MacOS or ChromeOS?

You call haiku old fashioned.... Linux is based on os design from 30 years before that.

Based on the image, it seems like the argument is that Windows can be installed on a larger variety of devices than the other two

where mah nixos

but then it should be "restricted" at top, and not "corporate"?

They probably mean in terms of GUI theme.

How about above arch Linux? Or at least in that column. Maybe further down

Linux is console first so still doesn't make sense.

How did you miss temple is in the uppermost Right?

btw

Yeah I don't get what corporate means here. Debian was basically the corporate standard for a long while. Ubuntu was personal use

I would replace the political compass colour scheme to avoid confusion. mint , ubuntu and cachy should be the furtherst right. debian should be where mint is, or with fedora one step to the right. windows should be top right.

Add some of the newer distros like steamOs, void linux, etc

Some people don't like snaps

"Some people like snaps" would have been closer to the truth, but it would still be an exaggeration of their numbers.

CachyOS being the same level as mainstream as Mint and Ubuntu is copium.

I bet Mark Shuttleworth likes Snaps.

Red Hat is based on Fedora, not the other way around.

you're the one comparing it to Linux

Add another square at the bottom left of the grid that breaks out of the grid on both directions and contains OpenBSD.

Lots of things wrong with this but one I haven't seen yet is that CachyOS literally depends on ArchLinux, yet is more "independent" than it?

These are terrible axis to try and plot operating systems, and limiting yourself to such low resolution with no overlap doesn't help.

I think it’s a bit different since Haiku is kind of closer to BeOS as frozen in time around 2002, and there’s not a lot of new ground being broken there. Yes, Linux is based on UNIX but there’s been a lot of change since then.

Add snakes. Like a lot of snakes. Like spaghetti. Sssssssssssssss

Bazzite right of Cachy.

Windows top right

Cachy is growing in popularity a lot. Negative publicity around Ubuntu is driving people to alternatives, and I've heard a lot of people are trying cachy as their first Linux distro.

Helps if you know that command/setup thing/whatever you wanna call it. Otherwise, for someone who doesn't know about it, the process can be pretty painful. Even with the wiki's install instructions I have not been able to install arch the few times I tried in a VM over the past few months.

It’s the most popular single distro on ProtonDB now, so that’s something

You sure about that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Linux#%3A~%3Atext=It+was+originally+developed+in+2003+as+a+continuation+of+the+Red+Hat+Linux+project.

Technically, if you stop updating arch when it's in a functional state it'll never break.

Debian is also the opposite of corporate since it's a community project where the community aspect is central with democratic voting and no corporate control.

omarchy to the left of red hat.

So then why would Microsoft be lower than Chrome or Apple with corporate? I wouldn't say Windows has more democratic voting and less corporate control than them

Also with 70% of computers running windows, the chart would be scaled terribly along the x axis. You would have to shift every Linux to box 1 with chrome, and put Mac in box 2/6

From your own link, Fedora:

...is now the upstream source for CentOS Stream and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

So yes, I'm pretty sure.

You forgot SuSE, as usual.

agreed. thats where I went wrong with my poor ee-pc. I went 3 years without updating it and it worked like a charm, then decided to try and update it. every source was dead, including the keyring. Manually fixed the ring, half the packages failed to update even with valid sources. Had to disable all package verification.

I then made the mistake of "Well surly a fresh install will be easier than trying to fix this broken mess".... I have not had a functional wifi management service since. None of them support the system anymore as the arch was discontinued officially a few years ago, and the only way I can connect to wifi now is via command line without network memory or saving.

I don't think "upstream provider for newer packages" is the same as "based on". Fedora was developed from Red Hat, the image is correct in that sense. You can quote that part of the link but I specifically pointed to " It was originally developed in 2003 as a continuation of the Red Hat Linux project." so based on Red Hat.

Okay buddy

"A person likes snaps."

There, all covered and more accurate than the original.

Arch also sometimes breaks when you update it.

My proof was dual monitors not working off and on around October last year.

TempleOS. Oh jeez it's been awhile since I've heard that.

implying that Arch is niche at this point

A lot of FreeBSD development is done by companies like Netflix, who use FreeBSD for their edge catching due to its performance and simplicity advantage over Linux

I would flip the whole chart diagonally so it lines up better with the political compass. I'd equate "corporate" with "right" instead of "authoritarian," and "niche" with "libertarian" instead of "left." Also, I would replace "independent" with "community/nonprofit."

Read the paragraph again. This time with your eyes.

It was originally developed in 2003 as a continuation of the Red Hat Linux project... It is now the upstream source for CentOS Stream and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Did you notice how it says "Red Hat Linux Project" and then goes on to say "Red Hat Enterprise Linux"?

This is because RHL != RHEL.

From the Hyperlink on the Wikipedia page for RHL:

Red Hat Linux was a widely used commercial open-source Linux distribution created by Red Hat until its discontinuation in 2004.

OP is correct. You are mistaken for thinking RHL was RHEL. It is not.

Windows is less corporate than MacOS?

Why is Cachy more independent than Arch?

You know what? I know they're far from the ideal solution, but I have installed a few things with snaps ... and it was fine. It worked seamlessly and painlessly (in some instances).

Generally, I'd prefer other ways to install, but snaps aren't the end of the world.

(This concludes my hot take of the day.)

SuSE too niche to even show up on this chart.