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1. Tozen+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-09-24 20:01:15
Well, the reality is that Linux consists of less than 5% of the market (desktops and laptops), where Windows OSes make up around 75% and macOS around 15%. So, that is going to dictate the priorities of companies supplying drivers.
replies(2): >>lozf+o4 >>TheRea+ah1
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2. lozf+o4[view] [source] 2022-09-24 20:39:24
>>Tozen+(OP)
What's the other >5%?

Surely not *BSDs?

replies(1): >>tedd4u+er
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3. tedd4u+er[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-09-25 00:13:23
>>lozf+o4
Some articles claim ChromeOS is at about 10% (Chromebooks)
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4. tluybe+wS[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-09-25 06:56:10
>>tedd4u+er
Is that not a Linux kernel?
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5. pjmlp+IU[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-09-25 07:28:00
>>tluybe+wS
Yep, with drivers that don't get upstream, and a custom userland based on a browser engine.
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6. TheRea+ah1[view] [source] 2022-09-25 13:14:50
>>Tozen+(OP)
These numbers are always so skewed. I wish just one time we could get market share numbers for new sales WITHOUT corporate purchases, but Microsoft has made this a "thing" for 30 years now. On the one hand manufacturers would still want to target numbers, even if that includes corporate "fleets." On the other, they'd see that Linux makes up a larger portion of the market where people are spending their own money.
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