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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 has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Cricket@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Wow it was 5% yesterday

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They used a different data source for this one and mentioned why they preferred this one over the one from the day before.

[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 10 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

So what you're saying is that if we just keep switching to different data sources, we could get above 50% in less than two months!

[–] NoXPhasma@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Invest now!

[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 22 hours ago

And even at 50%, Nvidia still won't release Linux drivers.

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