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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).

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Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August (gs.statcounter.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's with the big spike in "unknown" at the same time as Windows market share going down a bunch?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I heard rumors that the Indian government switched to some specific Unix like that has accounted for a lot of that, but I have zero experience on the matter aside from someone saying that could be it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That shouldn't be uknown as its ubuntu based. The previous ones Ive used was debian based. It was pretty much stock with some wallpaper and basic customization. Also in most cases never updated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

did they fully adapt into this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Unlikely. Different Indian govt departments use different distributions, but they are usually forks of Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I remember once reading here that there was a bug that made Windows show up as "unknown"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know, buf I remember seeing all of that change had originated from India. So something happened there, I think

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't India developing their own Linux-based OS for all of their government's computers to use?