Who/What is responsible for very low installations of Linux desktops?
Amit
amitchoudhary0523 at gmail.com
Sun May 17 14:28:04 BST 2026
Hi,
GPLv2 license of Linux kernel is responsible for very low
installations of Linux desktops (only 4% to 6% of the global desktop
computer market).
People in general don’t want to use Linux desktops because it is
difficult to find device drivers for a majority of devices.
The device manufacturers don’t want to develop the drivers for Linux
because then they will have to release the source code (because of
GPLv2), and they don’t want to release the source code because the
competitors can then read the source code and figure out their
hardware innovation/invention.
So, companies don’t develop device drivers for Linux because they
don’t want to release the source code, and this results in not many
people using Linux desktops.
Amit
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