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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Some snippets from the article :

  1. Women accounted for 9.9% of the Linux kernel Git population.

  2. About 90% of Hollywood special effects rely on Linux.

  3. 0.44% of Steam users are playing on Linux.

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[–] testman@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

doesn't Steam Hardware Survey report way higher percentage of Linux users?

(Statista, Blackdown)

wouldn't Valve's numbers be more reliable?

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Their numbers from that category are from 2018, wild article in my opinion, wouldn't have to be too hard to have more up-to-date numbers.