Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used operating system

Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by eatbitseveryday on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:19AM (#14023386)

> Report: Linux overtakes Windows NT as the internet's most used operating system kernel.

Might be more of an interesting headline written this way.

GNU/Linux dominating Windows as a "most used" consumer OS has been a long-term push for the entire community. I would see this as achieving it, albeit in a form different than some would expect.

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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by ygra on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:25AM (#14023448)

Well, Android is hardly GNU/Linux, is it? Especially the GNU part is completely absent there.

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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by eatbitseveryday on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:51AM (#14023737)

The drive isn't / wasn't so much the "GNU" portion dominating as much as it was just for the Linux kernel itself.

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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by najati83 on Monday April 03, 2017 @12:27PM (#14024187)

The point of the "Linux on the desktop" meme was that everybody would start using free, preferently GPL'd software for everything. Android is far away from that.

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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by eatbitseveryday on Monday April 03, 2017 @12:35PM (#14024277)

> The point of the "Linux on the desktop" meme was that everybody would start using free, preferently GPL'd software for everything. Android is far away from that.

I guess it depends how you look at it :) I would see it as "not using Windows" but your statement seems to be "not using any closed-source software".

It's an effort with variable goals and there are different opinions what is meant. If you ask rms he'd agree with you. :)

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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by jacquesm on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:27AM (#14023460)

Yes, but without the associated userland it's a moot point. Just like nobody that simply wants to get from one place to another overly cares about their brand of socks.

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