minimar@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoLinux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux marketwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@kbin.socialshowerthoughts@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIf Linux only makes up half the Linux market, what the heck makes up the other half? 🤔
minus-squareRoboRay@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWe’ve had one Linux, yes… what about Second Linux?
minus-squareIDatedSuccubi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoThey probably meant that GNU holds half of the Linux desktop usage, and Chrome OS the other
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoChromeOS, which has another 4%. Which is also Linux but the “wrong” kind. It was the author’s tongue-in-cheek way of highlighting the fact that ChromeOS is so different for the regular Linux user that not being counted as Linux actually makes sense.
If Linux only makes up half the Linux market, what the heck makes up the other half? 🤔
We’ve had one Linux, yes… what about Second Linux?
They probably meant that GNU holds half of the Linux desktop usage, and Chrome OS the other
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ChromeOS, which has another 4%. Which is also Linux but the “wrong” kind. It was the author’s tongue-in-cheek way of highlighting the fact that ChromeOS is so different for the regular Linux user that not being counted as Linux actually makes sense.