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The Quiet Revolution: GNU/Linux Crosses 6% Desktop Market Share—And It’s Just the Beginning (puri.sm)
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[-] Joeffect@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I mean technically its linux

[-] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

iPads are technically BSD, not Linux.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Don't forget the Mach heritage! Darwin is the mutt of kernels.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Technically, Android is Linux (but not GNU/Linux), but as @grue@lemmy.world mentioned, i(Pad)OS is based on BSD ("Darwin"), a UNIX derivate.
Both are unixoid systems.

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