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		wayneftw on Oct 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux Oh, gee well I thought we were on a developer/techie forum. McDonald's is also one of the most popular restaurants. I eat there once in a while. I still run Windows boxes to play games too. And it's more like ~30% for Windows when you measure against all operating systems, not just the desktop ones. [0] Android is the top dog since at least October 2020 when it went to over ~40%. [0] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share

pjmlp on Oct 22, 2021 [–]

Android runs ART + C and C++ NDK APIs, the fact that there is a Linux kernel underneath matters zero to app developers.

wayneftw on Oct 22, 2021 | [–]

Of course. But the fact that I was pointing out was that the Windows percentage is actually quite small in the grand scheme of things.

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