Re: Chrome OS passes macOS as the 2nd most popular OS

On 2/18/21 11:32 AM, Dave Royal wrote:
> WaltS48 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm in the 1.2% group.
>>
>> "For ages now, every annual report on desktop operating system market
>> share has had the same top two contenders: Microsoft's Windows in a
>> commanding lead at number one and Apple's macOS in distant second place.
>> But in 2020, Chrome OS became the second-most popular OS, and Apple fell
>> to third."
> 
> Last year, many more laptops and notebooks were sold in the USA,
> driven by working/schooling at home, and most of them were Chromebooks.
>  >> Looks like 10.8% of users are missing out on the wonderful experiences
>> of using a Firefox browser and Thunderbird email, newsgroup, feeds, chat
>> and calendar application.
>>
> 
> Recent ChromeOS supports Linux apps so you ought to be able to run
> Firefox and T'bird. This is not some some geeky hack, but a proper feature
> AFAICS.
> 

I did not know that, but don't plan to find out.

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