▲ 199 ▼ ELI5: What the heck is linux? (lazysoci.al) submitted 1 year ago by LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments I'm old. I don't understand it.
[–] Alice@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's a desktop operating system permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago I'm fairly certain desktop computers (and PCs in general, including laptops) are a very small portion of the devices that use Linux. I expect most Linux devices are phones and tablets (Android), followed by embedded devices (though BSD probably outweighs Linux on those), followed by servers, followed by desktop computers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago I'm fairly certain desktop computers (and PCs in general, including laptops) are a very small portion of the devices that use Linux. I expect most Linux devices are phones and tablets (Android), followed by embedded devices (though BSD probably outweighs Linux on those), followed by servers, followed by desktop computers. permalink fedilink source parent