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Well, the reality is that Linux consists of less than 5% of the market (desktops and laptops), where Windows OSes make up around 75% and macOS around 15%. So,

by Tozen 4y ago

Well, the reality is that Linux consists of less than 5% of the market (desktops and laptops), where Windows OSes make up around 75% and macOS around 15%. So, that is going to dictate the priorities of companies supplying drivers.

lozf 4y ago
What's the other >5%? Surely not *BSDs?
- tedd4u 4y ago
  Some articles claim ChromeOS is at about 10% (Chromebooks)
  - tluyben2 4y ago
    Is that not a Linux kernel?
    - pjmlp 4y ago
      Yep, with drivers that don't get upstream, and a custom userland based on a browser engine.
TheRealDunkirk 4y ago
These numbers are always so skewed. I wish just one time we could get market share numbers for new sales WITHOUT corporate purchases, but Microsoft has made this a "thing" for 30 years now. On the one hand manufacturers would still want to target numbers, even if that includes corporate "fleets." On the other, they'd see that Linux makes up a larger portion of the market where people are spending their own money.