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Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by pjmlp »

bruce511 wrote: post #24
pjmlp wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Android uses the Linux kernel, with a Java/Kotlin userspace.

As RMS is quick to point out "linux" is only -ever- the kernel. So yes, android is 100% Linux. It is not Gnu/Linux though. Which is what the desktop folk are celebrating. This is one case where the distinction actually is important.

A very important distinction indeed, as the Termux folks keep hitting walls in their thought process that Android/Linux is GNU/Linux.

Or how despite having an endless choice of games, and applications, almost none of them are available in GNU/Linux.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

Don't know, it used to be 100% in my company in 2007 and now it is like 80% because there are some iOS developers who need macOS and designers who use Sketch, which is insanely great and which alone is worth buying an alApple computer and suffering macOS to run it.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by jeffchien »

It's curious that there seemed to be a 6% classification shift between Windows and Unknown in April, and that was reverted for the June data. I wonder what UA string caused that, and it honestly doesn't inspire confidence in their methodology if they don't double check a 6% shift.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by laserbeam »

Every once in a while I'm tempted to switch back to Linux (I used to have that as my desktop between 10 and 15 years ago), but then I remember:

- My DJ software (which I pay for) is not supported at all on Linux (likewise true for most common music production software).

- The Affinity suite (which I paid for) is not supported on Linux.

- The best debugger I can find (remedybg, which I paid for) doesn't work there.

- and there are a few more niche ones.

I just can't give up on half of my productive tools and trade them off for much jankier alternatives. I sadly cannot contribute to get to 4%.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by coding123 »

rvz wrote: post #13
genmud wrote: post #2

Probably 70 or 80% of cloud workloads are Linux, and like 60% of embedded devices, of which there are billions. And of those embedded/mobile devices, the rest will either be running iOS, vxworks, freertos or zephyr. I think the joke has always been "this is the year of Linux", but in all honesty... it's the decade of Linux. It's probably one of the few areas where there is growth in computing capacity and by far most…

The article is specifically about ‘desktop’ market share and not the other markets where Linux is used, which is irrelevant.

Linux is irrelevant in other markets?

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by jussij »

hulitu wrote: post #17
MBCook wrote: post #4

> While someone may seem the figure modest, it signifies a growing acceptance and recognition of the power and versatility of Linux. Does it? It’s 3%. If it was 15% or 20% maybe you could say that. It’s less than “unknown” and less than ChromeOS which is just over 4%. If it wasn’t a round number, I don’t think anyone would ever write this article because the number is just too small. It’s nice that it seems to be gro…

Who uses ChromeOS ? Here in EU I haven't seen or heard anyone using this.

Here in Australia Chromebooks were popular in schools, but in recent years they have lost their gloss: https://au.pcmag.com/laptops/95381/demand-for-google-chromeb...

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by genmud »

rvz wrote: post #13
genmud wrote: post #2

Probably 70 or 80% of cloud workloads are Linux, and like 60% of embedded devices, of which there are billions. And of those embedded/mobile devices, the rest will either be running iOS, vxworks, freertos or zephyr. I think the joke has always been "this is the year of Linux", but in all honesty... it's the decade of Linux. It's probably one of the few areas where there is growth in computing capacity and by far most…

The article is specifically about ‘desktop’ market share and not the other markets where Linux is used, which is irrelevant.

Agreed, the article is irrelevant because it talks about desktop Linux market share.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by kragen »

MBCook wrote: post #4

> While someone may seem the figure modest, it signifies a growing acceptance and recognition of the power and versatility of Linux. Does it? It’s 3%. If it was 15% or 20% maybe you could say that. It’s less than “unknown” and less than ChromeOS which is just over 4%. If it wasn’t a round number, I don’t think anyone would ever write this article because the number is just too small. It’s nice that it seems to be gro…

doesn't make sense; chromeos installs are a proper a subset of linux installs, aren't they? or is chromeos running on fuchsia now?

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by haloboy777 »

hulitu wrote: post #17
MBCook wrote: post #4

> While someone may seem the figure modest, it signifies a growing acceptance and recognition of the power and versatility of Linux. Does it? It’s 3%. If it was 15% or 20% maybe you could say that. It’s less than “unknown” and less than ChromeOS which is just over 4%. If it wasn’t a round number, I don’t think anyone would ever write this article because the number is just too small. It’s nice that it seems to be gro…

Who uses ChromeOS ? Here in EU I haven't seen or heard anyone using this.

Schools and many many data entry shops..

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by laserbeam »

hulitu wrote: post #17
MBCook wrote: post #4

> While someone may seem the figure modest, it signifies a growing acceptance and recognition of the power and versatility of Linux. Does it? It’s 3%. If it was 15% or 20% maybe you could say that. It’s less than “unknown” and less than ChromeOS which is just over 4%. If it wasn’t a round number, I don’t think anyone would ever write this article because the number is just too small. It’s nice that it seems to be gro…

Who uses ChromeOS ? Here in EU I haven't seen or heard anyone using this.

Schools. Chromebooks are generally sold to schools in bulk.
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