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> About two percent of desktop PCs and laptops use Linux, and there were over 2 billion in use in 2015. That’s about 4 million computers running Linux Yawn...I
by aruggirello 6y ago
> About two percent of desktop PCs and laptops use Linux, and there were over 2 billion in use in 2015. That’s about 4 million computers running Linux
Yawn...I'm not sure what to expect from someone who cannot even do basic math...
- jhardy54 6y agoThey dropped a zero. The correction is useful, the snark is not.
- aruggirello 6y agoThey didn't just drop a zero. They based their reasoning on that number, the next sentence suggests it's like the population of Kuwait (~4.5M). No, it's more like California: https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/california-population/ https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/california-populati... Or Canada. Or Iraq, to stay in the Middle East.
- ChristianBundy 6y agoI agree that the assertion was at the beginning of the article, but I don't think the remainder of the article is predicated on this claim. In other words: I don't think the order of magnitude invalidates the rest of their argument.