I can't think of any logical reason to exclude ChromeOS and count it separately,and a good portion of the "Unknown" category may as well be Linux.

The "real" number shouldn't be far from 10%, if not already exceeding it.

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tgeorge a day ago | parent | next [-]

I think the Unknown category could be custom standalone devices like Playstation, FireTV, webOS, and Switch which have browsers to make those stats but could be BSD based. And, I wouldn't exclude ChromeOS also, I thought it's built off of Gentoo Linux.

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yjftsjthsd-h a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I can't think of any logical reason to exclude ChromeOS and count it separately

Because virtually nobody who says "desktop Linux" means ChromeOS.

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theanonymousone a day ago | parent [-]

And that's (almost) as wrong as saying BSD is not Unix

	▲	yjftsjthsd-h a day ago \| parent [-]
		So here's the thing. Chrome OS is absolutely a Linux distribution. It's even a GNU/Linux distribution (based on Gentoo), unlike say Android/Linux, which is doing its own thing. But... When people say "desktop Linux", they mean one of the user-controlled distros, not the locked down appliance that is ChromeOS. It's like how nobody who says they want a Linux phone mean Android. Technically correct, but not what people mean.

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resource_waste a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I think Fedora should be taken out too. Fedora stands alone and shouldn't be lumped in with the rest of the LinuxOS.

Fedora going up is a sign of progress. Regular Linux going up is just a sign that Windows sucks.