Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Cybe R. Wizard" Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windows and Mac Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 15:38:46 -0500 Organization: Inner-Dementia-Null Consortium Of Wizardly Dudes Lines: 59 Message-ID: <20150511153846.63dfa51e@wizardstower> References: <554395bc$0$54662$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> <060520150929077812%YourName@YourISP.com> <070520150925418048%YourName@YourISP.com> <-YmdnalZMKg4_NbInZ2dnUU7-UWdnZ2d@supernews.com> <070520151501574729%nospam@nospam.invalid> <070520151719350188%nospam@nospam.invalid> <1m47k8s.1pbnyhq9qkkcN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <1m492vj.q4ejav56w9grN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <1m495l7.1g548wb192zemyN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <110520151338591795%nospam@nospam.invalid> <20150511134827.735f0e94@wizardstower> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="884f988f221280c8bc1322c2d7df5c8d"; logging-data="3703"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19OsJ/0+VbTyT6dVMT5PIxw" X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Cancel-Lock: sha1:+JvBi61TebChfyJfIhc/7zeDUho= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:75348 On Mon, 11 May 2015 19:55:44 +0000 (UTC) Lewis wrote: > In message <20150511134827.735f0e94@wizardstower> > Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > On Mon, 11 May 2015 13:38:59 -0400 > > nospam wrote: > > >> In article , Caver1 > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> 4.23 + 1.53 + 0.57 + 0.46 + 0.43 + 0.11 + 0.01 = 7.37% > >> > >>> > >> > >>> That's what the other report I referenced says for Mac OS, > >> > >>> apart from a 0.01% rounding error. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> The second most common version of OS X (10.9) is about the > >> > >>> same as Linux. All the older versions of OS X combined are > >> > >>> about the same as Linux again. > >> > >> > >> > >> Didn't go further down did you. > >> > > > >> > > Do you mean further down in your post? I don't care what the > >> > > other reports say. I was just commenting on a mistake you made > >> > > in quoting this report, which stood out as clearly wrong when I > >> > > happened to skim read your post, because it was a report I was > >> > > familiar with. > >> > > > >> > > The Net Applications report is one I happen to follow regularly > >> > > because it reveals useful information about the relative usage > >> > > of different versions of OS X and Windows. I like to observe > >> > > trends like adoption rates of new versions, and older versions > >> > > which retain more usage than later versions (e.g. OS X 10.6 > >> > > has a clear margin over 10.7 and 10.8, but nowhere near as > >> > > pronounced as the lingering usage of Windows XP). > >> > > > >> > > The Linux total in the Net Applications report is not broken > >> > > down by variant or version, which makes it of little interest > >> > > to me. > >> > > >> > > >> > 7% still not very large. > >> > >> but large enough to become the most valuable company on the planet. > >> > >> market share *does not matter*. > > > 12th: > > On a made up list. > Clearly you are too in love with your own misinformed opinions to see the truth when it spits in your face. Welcome to the Bozo bin. Cybe R. Wizard -- Registered GNU/Linux user # 126326 Registered Ubuntu User (deprecated) # 2136