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Top 10 Operating System in 2023

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and
software resources and renders common services for computer programs. It is a set of
basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. For instance, the operating
system acts as an intermediary of sorts between programs and the computer hardware
and facilitates functions of the latter such as input and output and memory allocation.
This means that the OS is the most important software on a computer. It is also
something that allows users to communicate with the computer even if they do not know
how to speak the computer’s language. Without an operating system, a computer can
not function.

Top 10 Operating System in 2023:

1. Android - A mobile operating system, it was developed by Android Inc that was
founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick
Sears, and Chris White. Two years on (in 2005), Android Inc was acquired by
Google. Written mainly in Java (UI), C (core) and C++, Android OS is based on a
modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software, and has been
created mainly for touchscreen mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. It is
currently the best-selling OS worldwide on smartphones.
2. Amazon Fire OS - Amazon Fire OS is an Android-based mobile operating system
produced by Amazon for its Fire Phone and Kindle Fire range of tablets, Echo, Echo
Dot, and other content delivery devices such as Fire TV. It is forked from Android,
which means that it is in fact a separate piece of software produced as a result of
developers taking a copy of the source code from Android’s software package and
independently building on it.
3. CentOS - An open source free software that offers robust platform management,
CentOS is ideal for developers looking for an operating system to simply help them
carry out their coding tasks. It provides a lot of resources for coders looking to build,
test and release their codes. Moreover, it offers seamless interoperability by solving
hundreds of hardware and software problems and comes equipped with advanced
security features, like process and user rights management, in turn allowing
developers to secure mission-critical data. It also scores high on the advanced
networking and compatibility fronts.
4. Chrome OS - Another Linux kernel-based operating system, Chrome OS has been
designed by Google. Derived from the free software Chromium OS, it uses the
Google Chrome web browser as its main user interface. Due to this, Chrome OS
mainly supports web applications. Among its features, the OS - written in the
programming languages C and C++ - has an integrated media player and file
manager; plus it supports Chrome Apps and remote access to the desktop. Android
applications became available on Chrome OS in 2014.
5. Debian - A Linux kernel-based free open-source OS; Debian is a pre-compiled
software that has over 59000 packages. Easy to install, it provides developers a
user-friendly interface. Its advantages include speed - it is indeed faster and lighter
 than many other OSes, regardless of the processor speed - and built-in security
firewalls to protect valuable data. It is also easy on the pocket.
6. Free BSD - Built in the University of California by a large community, Free BSD is a
free UNIX based open-source software that is compatible with many platforms and
boasts features such as speed and stability. It also offers good security features,
efficient memory management and ability to deal with heavy loads, making it a good
choice for advanced networking and internet and intranet services.
7. iOS - earlier called iPhone OS - is a mobile operating system built and developed by
Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. The company’s mobile devices, including the
iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, run on this operating system, making it the second
most popular mobile operating system globally after Android. Written in C, C++,
Objective-C and Swift programming languages, the latest version of iOS is iOS
14.2.1, which was released on November 19, 2020.
8. Linux Fedora - Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-
supported Fedora Project and sponsored by the US software company Red Hat. It
comprises software distributed under various free and open-source licenses. Its key
features include pre-installed software such as LibreOffice and Firefox and the Red
Hat Package Manager package management system. Fedora has a rather short life
cycle, where each version is typically supported for 13 months, where a particular
version is supported until 1 month after the next version is released and with around
6 months between most versions.
9. macOS - macOS is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed
by Apple Inc. It is the primary OS for Apple’s Mac family of computers. But
interestingly, macOS is the second major series of Macintosh operating systems.
The first - colloquially called the classic Mac OS was introduced in 1984, and its final
version was Mac OS 9, that was released in 1999. The first desktop version, Mac OS
X 10.0, was released in March 2001, with its first update, 10.1, being launched later
that year. The latest version is macOS Big Sur, which was released in November
2020. The update has a system-wide dark mode and many new apps lifted from iOS,
such as Apple News.
10. Ubuntu - An open-source Linux distribution based on Debian’s architecture and
infrastructure, Ubuntu is an OS that has been officially released in three editions:
Desktop, Server and Core (for internet of things, devices and robots). All the editions
can run on the computer alone, or e.g. in Windows. Ubuntu is in demand mainly for
cloud computing, with support for OpenStack. It functions under the GNU General
Public License (GPL) and all of the application software installed by default is free
software.

Source: (https://www.youngwonks.com/blog/Top-10-Operating-Systems-in-2023)