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The year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktops
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What if we count WSL and Android?
WSL definitely. It's a gateway drug I've peddled to many a developer.
WSL on my work machine is a godsend. Otherwise I would not be able to tolerate the dev environment on windows.
This is why I had to switch. It was just too clunky to get CUDA and Pytorch and Tensorflow set up in Windows. In Linux, it was a total breeze.
Edit: And then I thought, "well, wouldn't it be great if I didn't have to use Windows to use Linux?"
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Counting Android is just lying. ChromeOS and WSL are a stretch, but you can make an argument for them.
Linux kernel is Linux kernel. Few desktops run Android, though.
3% of desktops running Linux seems way to high. Where is this stat coming from?
FTA:
According to StatCounter, a web analytics company, by June 2023, Linux has reached a 3% market share in the desktop segment. This is a remarkable achievement considering its fierce competition from other operating systems.
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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I used to have strong opinions on my OS. Then I got a job and all I use is outlook and excel. Now I don't care about my operating system. I'm not even sure which version of windows I'm running without checking. 10 I guess?
Going to have a few more here when Windows 10 is no longer supported.
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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