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According to Net Applications' Netmarketshare, the Linux market share on the desktop as judged by browser interactions may now be above 3%.
The company is reporting a 3.37% Linux marketshare for August 2017, a rise from 2.53% a month prior and the first time they have reported the Linux desktop marketshare above 3%.
They report Windows meanwhile at 90.7%, macOS at 5.94%, and the other operating systems statistically at zero. Their monthly report can be found here.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @08:42PM (2 children)
My bet is school just started. Chrombooks seem to be the teaching fad this year. Would bet cash they identify as a linux box.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @10:32PM (1 child)
...except that these stats are -last- month's numbers, when school was out in the Northern Hemisphere.
...which is not to say that Chromebooks can't accomplish what is required.
...and those do run a Linux kernel.
the teaching fad this year
When the vendors of those start giving away hardware in order to lock in schools to a particular payware software ecosystem, as M$ has done, we'll have a starting point for a discussion.
In the meantime, there's folks doing a cost/value comparison with the Good Enough factor at play.
...and folks have installed GNU/Linux on these things. [google.com]
Would bet cash they identify as a linux box
Why not? Didn't Windoze RT devices identify as Windoze?
...even though none of the "Windoze" software you had paid for[1]/collected for your x86 box would run on the RT device.
[1] I would say "bought", but you never really own closed-soure software.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 04 2017, @08:00PM
There are all sorts of teaching fads. I have seen them come and go. A few years ago it was iPads. Many years before that it was IBM PS/2s (computer fads have been going on for a *long* time). This year it is chromebooks.
except that these stats are -last- month's numbers, when school was out in the Northern Hemisphere.
School starts anywhere from early august to early September. It depends on your district and school.
Why not? Didn't Windoze RT devices identify as Windoze? and we'll have a starting point for a discussion.
Are you 15? Grow up. I did not mention windows at all. Look if you want to bash on windows go right ahead. But you are veering closely to off topic.
I would say "bought", but you never really own closed-soure software.
I would say open source is bringing us even MORE closed ecosystems. With a veneer of 'you can change it'. Yeah if you have 20 years background in reverse engineering and the very specific tool chain they used. Every company I know and have worked for is using the hell out of it with 0 contribute back. They build their closed systems on top of it. From a pure business POV open source has just automated the 'redundant' stuff with low cost. Linux has pretty much dominated everything more than windows ever could dream of. Yet 99% of it is locked in firmware blobs that no one can really get at. It is being used by hit and run companies to create an avalanche of IoT shit that will cripple our internet in a few years. MS is going nowhere yet all the companies that did embedded OS's are.
My point was school recently started. Hence the bump. This is not some magical bump from people 'jumping ship'. It is just a fluke in the stats. You can try to pretend otherwise. But then again... log in. You take the time to sign everything. You can do better.