As of April 2024, Android, a mobile OS that uses the Linux kernel, is the world's most widely used operating system. It has 42.73% of the global market, followed by Windows with 28.08%
And these numbers don't include embedded devices, of which there are a metric fuckton. So, non-Android Linux might be ahead of Android, too.
6 Comments
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 2y
World's most popular desktop operating system is what the author means...
warmaster@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Servers and mobile devices completely ignored, disregarding mobile alone represents more devices than desktop. Quite an omission to say the least.
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 2y
Yeah, as Wikipedia puts it:
And these numbers don't include embedded devices, of which there are a metric fuckton. So, non-Android Linux might be ahead of Android, too.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl · 10 pts · 2y
CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 2y
It's fine. They said Windows 10 is there last operating system. It sure is for me.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 6 pts · 2y
"it's the decade long OS". Replaced in like, 5 years.
jecht360@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y
Copilot
parpol@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y