PC Magazine claims 2021 Is the Year of Linux on the Desktop

Stefan Mileschin · 21st September 2021, 07:53

No, really

PC Magazine has dusted off an old and much mocked headline and claimed that 2021 Is the Year of Linux on the Desktop.

In case you had not noticed it, PC Mag explains that there are millions of machines out there which are using Linux including Chromebooks. So, yeah, that counts right?

Chrome OS and Android are both based on the Linux kernel. They don't have the extra GNU software that distributions like Ubuntu have, but they're descended from Linus Torvalds' original work and are the fastest growing segment of the traditional PC market, according to Canalys.

IDC points out that Canalys' estimates of 12 million Chromebooks shipped in Q1 2021 are only a fraction of the 63 million notebooks sold that quarter, but once again, they're where the growth is. Much of that is driven by schools, where Chromebooks dominate now. Schoolkids don't generally need a million apps' worth of generic computing power.

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21st September 2021, 07:53	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,678	PC Magazine claims 2021 Is the Year of Linux on the Desktop No, really PC Magazine has dusted off an old and much mocked headline and claimed that 2021 Is the Year of Linux on the Desktop. In case you had not noticed it, PC Mag explains that there are millions of machines out there which are using Linux including Chromebooks. So, yeah, that counts right? Chrome OS and Android are both based on the Linux kernel. They don't have the extra GNU software that distributions like Ubuntu have, but they're descended from Linus Torvalds' original work and are the fastest growing segment of the traditional PC market, according to Canalys. IDC points out that Canalys' estimates of 12 million Chromebooks shipped in Q1 2021 are only a fraction of the 63 million notebooks sold that quarter, but once again, they're where the growth is. Much of that is driven by schools, where Chromebooks dominate now. Schoolkids don't generally need a million apps' worth of generic computing power. https://fudzilla.com/news/53563-pc-m...on-the-desktop

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