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The year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktops(web.archive.org)

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daniskarma@lemmy.world
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So… About 2010? When Android phones became widespread.

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ancientweasel@social.fossware.space
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That’s not a desktop.

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TheEntity@kbin.social
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Some would say desktops are not really consumer hardware anymore. Unfortunately. Sent from my useless black rectangle.

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ancientweasel@social.fossware.space
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Androis uses linux, but that does not make it a Desktop Linux. It’s not invalid, just out of scope to this metric. It’s pretty simple.

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Whayle@kbin.social
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I remember Dell had an option back in 2013 on the XPS laptops…

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ancientweasel@social.fossware.space
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I bought one in 2022.

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tal@kbin.social
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https://www.amazon.com/android-laptop-computer/s?k=android+laptop+computer

1-16 of over 1,000 results for “android laptop computer”

There is something of a blurry line between the two these days.

I get the “Android software isn’t desktop software” argument, but then, I can also fire up up emacs in Termux on my Android phone, so that’s kind of blurry too.

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