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> Definitely a dishonest exaggeration. Google runs Linux userland. Have been for entire last decade. Unless by "userland" you means something other than "system, used by most of users".

I'm pretty sure they meant "runs" in the sense of "runs the show" (make the majority of the decisions in Linux userland projects) not in the sense of "uses".




> I'm pretty sure they meant "runs" in the sense of "runs the show" (make the majority of the decisions in Linux userland projects) not in the sense of "uses".

I was not meaning that in some twisted way. Most computers on modern Internet are smartphones — desktop use is slowly declining. And Google runs the show on the dominant smartphone platform. Red Hat's desktop is completely irrelevant in comparison.


You didn't mean it in that way, but the parent comment you were responding to did mean it in that way. I don't think anyone could in good conscience argue that RHEL Desktop is the most widely used Linux platform, so I you're not gaining much by refuting that argument.

(As for your point, Google -- even on Android -- still uses plenty of software which is majority-developed by Red Hat and other Linux distribution companies. The kernel alone is an obvious example, but there are many others.)




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