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> Report: Linux overtakes Windows NT as the internet's most used operating system kernel. Might be more of an interesting headline written this way. GNU/Linux
by eatbitseveryday 10y ago
> Report: Linux overtakes Windows NT as the internet's most used operating system kernel.
Might be more of an interesting headline written this way.
GNU/Linux dominating Windows as a "most used" consumer OS has been a long-term push for the entire community. I would see this as achieving it, albeit in a form different than some would expect.
- ygra 10y agoWell, Android is hardly GNU/Linux, is it? Especially the GNU part is completely absent there.
- eatbitseveryday 10y agoThe drive isn't / wasn't so much the "GNU" portion dominating as much as it was just for the Linux kernel itself.
- najati83 10y agoThe point of the "Linux on the desktop" meme was that everybody would start using free, preferently GPL'd software for everything. Android is far away from that.
- eatbitseveryday 10y ago> The point of the "Linux on the desktop" meme was that everybody would start using free, preferently GPL'd software for everything. Android is far away from that. I guess it depends how you look at it :) I would see it as "not using Windows" but your statement seems to be "not using any closed-source software". It's an effort with variable goals and there are different opinions what is meant. If you ask rms he'd agree with you. :)
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- jacquesm 10y agoYes, but without the associated userland it's a moot point. Just like nobody that simply wants to get from one place to another overly cares about their brand of socks.