• cybersandwich@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s simple math. 97% of the population uses those two operating systems.

    There isn’t much more incentive to go after the 3% Linux users. You know the population that loves free and open source software and isn’t exactly known for dropping a bunch of cash on software. Not to mention it’s a fragmented 3%. Even the flatpak, snap, app images of the world that were supposed to make devs lives easier are fragmented across distros.

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      10 months ago

      Android called. They want their representation in your statistics. Android is Linux.

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          10 months ago

          Meme aside, that’s a good question… I wonder how much GNU made it into Google’s implementation. Someone here probably knows.

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            10 months ago

            none. Android uses just the Linux kernel, not the GNU user space tools.

            That’s why Android is normally not counted as Linux, it’s basically a different OS using the Linux kernel.