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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux reaches new high 3.82% (gs.statcounter.com)

submitted 10 months ago by markus99@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

if we add chromeOS to it which is also linux we have more than 5 percent. The future is ours.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't count ChromeOS just as we don't count Android.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Android uses the linux kernel but is not regular linux we use which is GNU/linux but ChromeOS actually is GNU/linux a "real" linux distro

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If so, then why we cannot boot other Linux distributions on Chromebook devices and cannot run standard Linux apps/programs without using Crostini virtual machine?

Android just use Linux kernel, that was trawled by Google, then SoC manufacturer, then device maker.

ChromeOS is better, as it is based on Gentoo, but is incompatible with the rest of ecosystem and most devices do not have drivers for mainline Linux kernel.

If you don't believe me, look at the community effort to reverse-engineer some Chromebook laptops to run normal Linux distro on them: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

Thus I think we should not mix them in statistics. It would be like mixing MacOS with FreeBSD...

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I see, thanks for the clarification