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      4 months ago

      Successful compared to what? I don’t have data, but I’d venture to say that it’s the most popular desktop Linux distro.

      It’s a bit past its peak, but in 2023 it had 7% market share in the quite lucrative North American market. That’s not nothing. In North America, all other Linux distros combined just overtook ChromeOS this year. World-wide it was last year.

      There’s also no other Linux distro that comes pre-installed on devices from different manufacturers (at least none that I know of).

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        4 months ago

        Well, all Linux distros combined are more than ChromeOS. If you split up by distro, ChromeOS is still the top Linux distro by far.