minimar@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoLinux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux marketwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down123
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minus-squaredartanjinn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoTL;DR: ChromeOS is Linux but it’s not Linux but it’s a Linux so count it as a Linux but not Linux. Half.
minus-squarelemming934@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 year agoI guess this is a situation where the proper name of GNU / Linux is useful Edit: Chrome OS is is a GNU/ Linux and a couple of “proper” Linuxes are not.
minus-squarePhrodo_00@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAs far as I know, ChromeOS is also GNU/Linux (It uses full glibc, includes gnu utils and bash), so not so much.
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou see sometimes Linux is not Linux and sometimes it is. Naturally, we can’t count non-Linux as Linux but sometimes we can count Linux as non-Linux.
TL;DR: ChromeOS is Linux but it’s not Linux but it’s a Linux so count it as a Linux but not Linux. Half.
I guess this is a situation where the proper name of GNU / Linux is useful
Edit: Chrome OS is is a GNU/ Linux and a couple of “proper” Linuxes are not.
As far as I know, ChromeOS is also GNU/Linux (It uses full glibc, includes gnu utils and bash), so not so much.
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Is Chimera Linux not Linux?
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You see sometimes Linux is not Linux and sometimes it is. Naturally, we can’t count non-Linux as Linux but sometimes we can count Linux as non-Linux.