Are Chromebooks Fuelling Rise in #Linux OS Marketshare?O | Linux Today

Are Chromebooks Fuelling Rise in #Linux OS Marketshare?O

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Joey Sneddon
Dec 22, 2016

Why?’, many asked. Why now, after years of loitering around ~1% mark is Linux lifting off? Why are stat counters and markshare analysts suddenly finding more beans to count in the penguins’ corner?

The answer could be Chromebooks.

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Joey Sneddon

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