"So wearables (incl watches) (...) are likely to keep using unix-based systems, usually specifically gnu&linux."
Tizen is one of them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizen Regards, zakzor On Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 12:35 Tom <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Hi :) > While this is still true and unlikely to change many people are using > chromebooks, tablets, phones and other devices to do things that they > previously would have had to use a desktop to do. Laptops have also become > much more popular too. A few years ago some study allegedly found that 80% > of computer usage is now done using tablets and phones. > > For tablets and phones gnu&linux is king. Android is a flavour of > gnu&linux on a layer of java. Blackberry is gnu&linux, and of course > Chrome is too. iPads and iPhones, really anything Apple, is a flavour of > BSD, which is another unix-based system = practically a sister/brother of > gnu&linux. Apparently only about 1% of hand-helds (tablets and phones etc) > use a Windows-based system. Windows has one major disadvantage in trying > to run on hand-helds which is that it's a huge great big bloated behemoth > despite their best efforts at slashing it down-to-size. It just about > manages to cope on laptops but when they tried to push it onto netbooks it > performed so badly that it killed the entire netbook market. We see some > resurgence of the netbook market through Chromebooks but people are still > wary of that form-factor, thanks to Windows. > > Windows are attempting to rewrite Windows to work on Arm chips, having > recently abandoned their earlier recent attempt, but it's likely they will > still need vast amounts of resources, such as one would reasonably expect > from a desktop/laptop - and still not work on other form-factors. > > So wearables (incl watches) and handhelds, and chromebooks are likely to > keep using unix-based systems, usually specifically gnu&linux. > > > This bug was first raised when the word "desktop" covered all the > form-factors that could be used in small-business and by families or other > private usage. Nowadays the term "desktop", even if expanded to include > laptops, only represents under 20% of that market. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > On 13 December 2016 at 14:40, Luca Ciavatta <luca.ciava...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I confirm this bug. > > I visited some local PC stores (middle-sized city in Italy) and I > > attempted to buy a machine without any proprietary software. > > > > All the computers on sale had proprietary software. > > > > -- > > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > > report. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > > > > Title: > > Microsoft has a majority market share > > > > Status in Clubdistro: > > Confirmed > > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: > > Confirmed > > Status in LibreOffice: > > New > > Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: > > Invalid > > Status in dylan.NET: > > Invalid > > Status in EasyPeasy Overview: > > Confirmed > > Status in Ichthux: > > Invalid > > Status in JAK LINUX: > > Invalid > > Status in LibreOffice: > > In Progress > > Status in Skylinux: > > New > > Status in Linux Mint: > > In Progress > > Status in The Linux OS Project: > > In Progress > > Status in Neobot: > > New > > Status in Novabot: > > New > > Status in OpenOffice: > > In Progress > > Status in Tabuntu: > > Invalid > > Status in Tivion: > > Invalid > > Status in Tv-Player: > > Invalid > > Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team: > > In Progress > > Status in Wine: > > Unknown > > Status in Ubuntu: > > Fix Released > > Status in Arch Linux: > > Confirmed > > Status in Baltix: > > Confirmed > > Status in Debian: > > In Progress > > Status in Fedora: > > Confirmed > > Status in Fluxbuntu: > > Confirmed > > Status in openSUSE: > > In Progress > > Status in Tilix: > > New > > > > Bug description: > > See Mark's closure comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ > > ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/1834 > > ------ > > > > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC > > marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant > > to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is > > driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to > > all." > > > > "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software > > gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with > > whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the > > spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective > > experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the > > other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who > > couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by > > individuals and organisations all over the world." > > * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy > > > > Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and > > concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into > > the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles > > innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious > > anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic > > practices. > > > > This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > > > Steps to repeat: > > > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > 2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. > > > > What happens: > > > > Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre- > > installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating > > system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be > > proprietary. > > > > What should happen: > > > > A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software. > > > > * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > > * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines > > * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd > > > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions > > > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > > Title: > Microsoft has a majority market share > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
