• lauha@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    77
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    16 hours ago

    Linux is the second-most popular descendent of Unix, the first being OSX.

    This ruffles my feathers. Disregarding servers where Linux has near monopoly, surely Linux is installed on more devices and has more users than OSX? OP is clearly counting only desktop users

    • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      13 hours ago

      I agree. Linux on desktop is so good for at least five years, if not longer, maybe ten. That I imagine many people using it, can recommend it to others, and so forth. And so in absolute numbers, it would be much more than macOS gets.

    • Kajika@lemmy.mlOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      16 hours ago

      Same here, also all embedded system on linux + smartphone. I guess the author meant desktop usage. Still I am very unsure about the world at large. This is north-American take.