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byAnonymous Coward writes:
desktop devices?
There's always been a clear distinction between mobile and desktop computing.
Just counting all mobile Linux usage as desktop all of a sudden to make you feel better about it doesn't actually change the real numbers.
The fact remains that on /desktop/ devices--that is computers that sit on a /desk/ using a mouse and keyboard as input Linux still lags very far behind Windows and even Apple. Counting laptops among that probably lowers the Linux number even more.
Mobile devices can arguably be cou
bytepples ( 727027 ) writes:
I distinctly remember people recommending use of a tablet with external keyboard as a substitute for entry-level subnotebook computers when the latter were discontinued in fourth quarter 2012 [slashdot.org]. This despite that major tablets ship with operating systems locked down not to run the sort of lightweight software development environments that could run on the desktop operating system of a netbook.
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