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whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 31 July 2015 12:17:42 UTC+1, J.B.Treadstone wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:28:05 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 31/07/15 10:24, fred wrote:

I feel the same way about Linux. In global terms its such a minority
interest. If it was so wonderful it would be cock of the walk by
this time so why would a neophyte wish to get involved with an
operating system with such a small user base.

Dunno. Not much of a user base for a Lamborghini either, but I'd take
one for free...

Wasn't much of a user base for DOS either till IBM built their PC.

Incidentally the whole desktop PC thing is in a state of collapse.

Of course since most mobiles, routers and servers are based on Linux,
you could argue that its got a higher user base than windows.

Yes. When you take into consideration /all/ aspects of computing, Linux
is by far the most used OS. It runs 68% of the Internet servers, runs
routers, runs onboard automobile computers, Smart TVs, smart phones,
supercomputers (95%), avionics, etc.

I thought it was ARM by a british company that was used most or leader in
mobile devices anyway.

ARM isn't an operating system. The company make (or at least design)
processors.

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