Talk:Usage share of operating systems
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Windows under 50% of desktop in some countries, even down to cs. 20% – because of Android?!
See: this map. E.g. Guinea, Congo (DRC); and here because of "Chrome for Android" seemingly explaining "Unknown" desktop. comp.arch (talk) 00:49, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
- Well done for spotting that "Unknown" could largely be explained by Chrome for Android. Just checked Desktop Operating System Market Share Congo (DRC) Mar 2024 - Feb 2025: Windows is 15% vs Unknown is 81%. I google this, "navigator.userAgent property in JavaScript, although it's important to note that this method can be spoofed and is increasingly being deprecated by browsers." This may explain why Statcounter can't always determine the OS under the browser. 12think (talk) 07:09, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
101% market share for desktop OSes
The market share percentages for desktop operating systems add up to more than 100%. 82.78.167.3 (talk) 00:29, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
- And now they add up to less than 100%. As per what I added to the caption, "Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding."; that's rounding up or down. Guy Harris (talk) 23:21, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
Web clients
The W3Counter data should split from the other sources in different table, since it uses very different data structure compared to StatCounter or Wikimedia. Provided with a note that W3Counter shows only the first 10 most registered OSs for the period - hence the hefty 'Others' percentage left.
While StatCounter and Wikimedia could stay together, because they both follow very similar data structure. And only then would be easy the data from StatCounter and Wikimedia (both sources published newer or up-to-date data that should be updated inn the article, but also, at the moment is rather messed with the W3Counter data). --Svilenov (talk) 11:40, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
Needs clearer explanation of methods and sources: IoT, and various "embedded," and "headless"
IoT equipment are almost universally embedded Linux, or Android. A similar statement can be made about home multimedia set top boxes like Tivos (or anything even remotely resembling a Tivo since ~'05), physical media players (eg Bluray), and various "smart" equipment (Smart receivers); Virtually 100% of this market uses embedded Linux. TVs, which have by '26 almost universally become "Smart TVs" with few exceptions, almost universally run Android. There is some question as to where to draw the line between "android based" and other embedded Linux OS variants. For example: Fire OS (Amazon stuff). By most definitions, this is just Android. However, its unclear if the sources of the reprinted or used data understand the subtlety here (It seems like they don't, and take Trademarks and Revenue at face value rather than considering the technical distinction)~2026-10043-38 (talk) 08:12, 16 February 2026 (UTC)