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IPads surfing the Web outnumber Linux machines

• mycroftiv 16y ago
  Wait, what about Android? Even though it runs the Linux kernel, it doesn't count as "Linux"? I guess the lesson here is that only GNU counts as Linux. Something seems confused in the terminology.
  • jws 16y ago
    You could add in the ~1.6% that android accounts for and it would then beat the iPad.
  • jinushaun 16y ago
    There is no confusion. Otherwise, iOS would be grouped with OSX and all the Windows would be one long bar.
• mtogo 16y ago
  But it's the year of linux on the desktop!
• esmevane 16y ago
  So an extremely user-friendly, tremendously low-bar entry-level direct-to-consumer device, built primarily for easy web productivity, is outstripping a system known for its tremendous ability to intimidate the computer illiterate, in the terrain of just... surfing the web? Simply stunning.
• geekam 16y ago
  We usually do a wget (http://lwn.net/Articles/262570/ http://lwn.net/Articles/262570/) like RMS. Surfing IS for iPad users. :)
  • MatthewPhillips 16y ago
    He must really hate ajax.
• djacobs 16y ago
  I wonder how many Linux users permanently spoof their UA to get around pointless browser sniffing? (Then again, I guess a lot of Linux users don't frequent sites with such bad coding practices.)
• jinushaun 16y ago
  I'm more impressed by the high XP numbers! That's some impressive staying power!
• teilo 16y ago
  How is this even remotely surprising? The iPad is a popular consumer device. Only the religious Linux fanboys think that the Linux desktop has a significant market share.