XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 19/11/2025 2:26 am, Paul wrote:   
   > On Tue, 11/18/2025 8:26 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> On 2025/11/18 11:45:34, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 1/11/2025 3:40 pm, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>>> On Oct 31, 2025 at 9:24:51 PM MST, "Tyrone" wrote   
   >>>> :   
   >>>>> On Oct 31, 2025 at 11:20:25 PM EDT, "Brock McNuggets"   
   >>   
   >> []   
   >>   
   >>>>>> Global desktop OS share (2025 approx.): * Windows ~71% * macOS   
   >>>>>> ~10–15% * Linux ~4% * Chrome OS & others ~1–2% * Remainder   
   >>>>>> (~8–15%) = older OSes, niche systems, measurement gaps   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Of the ones KNOWN, Windows still has about 81% share. Hardly   
   >>>>>> suffering.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Source?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide   
   >>>   
   >>> What's the difference between MacOS and ChromeOS?? Aren't they,   
   >>> effective, the same thing??   
   >>   
   >> When I try to follow the above, I get an error 500 from cloudflare.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Cloudflare is DOWN this morning.   
   >   
   > Can you imagine ? The "thing" that protects the Internet...   
   >   
   >      is DOWN   
   >   
   > Even DownDetector is DOWN, because it depends on CloudFlare   
   > which is DOWN. Imagine how many times I will be able   
   > to use the upper-case "DOWN" this morning in a posting.   
   > X is apparently affected by this too, the former Twitter is DOWN.   
   >   
   > *******   
   >   
   > Chrome OS is produced by Google.   
   >   
   > MacOS is produced by Apple.   
   >   
   > Chrome OS would be "about as much fun as a smartphone,   
   > with the fun taken out of it".   
   >   
   > You could install Chrome OS on your AIO, but it   
   > takes over the disk, and you would be trapped in   
   > there. So don't do that. The installer is not   
   > multiboot friendly.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
   >   
   O.K., thanks for that, Paul.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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