Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines
Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines
Report: Linux was on 6.34 percent of computers last month if you count ChromeOS.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17018864
I know this might be a couple months old, but I didn't know we already passed 4%.
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UNIX != open source.
In fact, most flavours have historically been commercial and proprietary.
7 0 ReplyIt's built on top of BSD, which is opensource.
1 0 ReplyYou responded to “macOS is UNIX” with “it’s not open source”. I’m just illustrating how these 2 things are not correlated.
In any case, macOS is based on OpenBSD. Even the original BSD, which OpenBSD is based on, was not initially open source.
Everything you said was a straw man.
6 0 ReplyI can’t vouch for what it’s based on but I’ve always read the first release of macOS (then Mac OS X) was based on FreeBSD 4.2, not OpenBSD.
2 0 ReplyYou might be right. In either case, the argument stands but thanks for the correction.
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😂 I can't help you if your reading comprehension is low dude.
1 0 ReplyI wouldn’t want your help anyway, considering you think your reading comprehension is better than mine. 😆
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