[driggs]

"By my count"...

Which means pretending that every single "unknown" desktop, which is a larger percentage than the Linux desktops, are Linux.

And also by considering ChromeBooks, which also have a larger percentage than Linux, are Linux.

[gpm]

Chromebooks are quite literally linux...

[tpetry]

They are built on Linux fundamentals but are miles away from being a _Linux desktop_.

[estimator7292]

ChromOS is Linux in the way that Android is linux. Technically it has a Linux kernel, but that's it. It is not a Linux desktop under your control. It's a strictly proprietary OS you have very little control of. It's not Linux in the way that literally everyone else means the word.

[driggs]

PS: Someone changed the title of this submission after my comment. It was originally something like "By my count, Linux has over 11% of the desktop market." This statistic is obviously clickbait and false, even if you count ChromeBooks, though ChromeBooks are not what people mean when they say "Linux desktop".

[orwin]

Until ChromeOS get its own OS (wasn't it supposed to be in 2019?), it's still a Linux.

[skissane]

Google has been working on Fuchsia, a new open source OS which in theory can replace Linux as the base of ChromeOS and Android

But it is unclear how committed they still are to this. Some suggest it was just a “keep our options open” project or a “stop smart people from doing it for our competitors” project. They are actually using it in anger on their Nest Hub devices, but we don’t know if they still plan to take it any further than that

[NewJazz]

I think aluminum OS is next. Still Linux based.