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> "Once Linux gets a desktop it will take over the world" debate from circa 1997-today. Pretty much all servers run on linux. Linux also dominates smartphones

• pjmlp 6y ago
  > Linux also dominates smartphones in the form of Android phones. Not really. See any Linux specific APIs on the NDK official APIs? https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis Android is a mix of Java and Kotlin based frameworks, ISO C and C++, POSIX subset and a couple of additional libraries. Whatever kernel gets used is an implementation detail for Google and Android device makers. Can be completely replaced in Android 12, and the eco-system would continue to work. > Chrome OS is also linux, and it's market share is currently at around 6%. Basically Android (already mentioned above) and Web stacks. https://chromeos.dev/en/android-environment https://chromeos.dev/en/android-environment https://chromeos.dev/en/web-environment https://chromeos.dev/en/web-environment Ah, but it does expose Linux you say, https://chromeos.dev/en/linux https://chromeos.dev/en/linux Indeed, except of the small detail that as shown on the Google IO talk, it is actually a design similar to WSL 2, running a second kernel on a hypervisor based environment. The real kernel powering ChromeOS doesn't get exposed to userspace and can also be replaced at any time, if Google so desires. In fact, in a near future Android and ChromeOS can be running on top of Fuchsia and most consumers wouldn't even notice.