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According to NetApplications, in October 2008, the most-used operating systems are as follows: 1. Windows XP (68.1%) 2. Windows Vista (19.3%) 3. Mac OS X (8.2%) 4. Windows 2000 (1.7%) 5. Linux (0.7%) The main five families of operating systems are: 1. Windows 2. Mac OS X 3. Linux 4. FreeBSD 5. SunOS

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