In StatCounter’s latest US numbers, which cover through October, Linux shows up as only 3.49%. But if you look closer, “unknown” accounts for 4.21%. Allow me to make an educated guess here: I suspect those unknown desktops are actually running Linux. What else could it be? FreeBSD? Unix? OS/2? Unlikely.
In addition, ChromeOS comes in at 3.67%, which strikes me as much too low. Leaving that aside, ChromeOS is a Linux variant. It just uses the Chrome web browser for its interface rather than KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, or another Linux desktop environment. Put all these together, and you get a Linux desktop market share of 11.37%. Now we’re talking.
why are you always like this you keep focusing on linux being only the kernel and not seeing the bigger picture, it’s like you keep staring at your nose that you keep hitting walls
What do you mean “always Like this”? I don’t know who you are. Linux is just the Kernel. What bigger picture are you talking about???
1- i remembered you saying the same thing in other similar posts 2- the bigger picture is that it isn’t. let’s assume that i agree with you and linux is just the kernel what does this change? android is the overwhelming majority in smart phones almost everyone has one so linux must be so popular but why we are still limited in software ( like there are not that many industry leading software running natively on linux outside the hosting stuff) how does this change our daily linux usage experience ,how would this change one of the most complaints we hear about switching to linux
the bigger picture is that we care about the linux desktop and the freedom it provides and you are stuck on technicalities and the literal definition of the word “linux”
The desktop is only one part of possible way of utilizing Linux. If you only count the desktop, then say you are only talking about the desktop. Linux is in every Android smartphone. Apps being compatible is not a thing because of the Kernel, but the entire operating system. Just because your end user software from Android phone does not run native on your “random” desktop Linux operating system, does not mean both wouldn’t use Linux as its core.
So you are? The entire topic is about the definition and counting what Linux is. Even the reply to what I replied is addressing this topic. What do you even mean by “literal definition”? What definition are you talking about, an imaginary definition the way you want it to define? Linux is the Kernel. And a distribution is the operating system around the Kernel, to access the functionality the Kernel provides and connects to the hardware.
ok fine let me ask you then why are we celebrating or even talking about this 11.37% what’s even the point of discussion? we already dominate the server space
I don’t speak for others.
You precious little thing. never change