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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux back at 4.04% on the Desktop. Windows went below 73% (gs.statcounter.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It peaked at 4.05% in March. The last 2 months it went just below 4% as the Unknown category increased. For June the reverse happened, so 4.04% seems to be the real current share of Linux on Desktop as desktop clients were read properly/werent spoofed.

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[–] wischi 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Android is as Linux as every other Distro is.

It uses the Linux kernel

Yes because that's actually what Linux is. A kernel. There are also no such things as "Linux applications". Different distros use different package formats. If you mean ELF binaries you can certainly run those. Android in it's typicall configurations tried to prevent that because it would be a huge security vulnerability if apps could just run random ELF binaries, but if you root your device you can run those.