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> The BSDs have grown in popularity significantly in the last couple years.

Is the market share for BSDs growing?



Which market? If you take eg gaming consoles, then FreeBSD maintains steady 1/3 of the whole market, compared to Linux 0%.


Has the PlayStation market share grown in the last couple years? Also, Linux is probably going to grow when the Steam Deck is released.

Even if the PlayStation is growing, I am not aware of BSD growing in desktop, server, embedded devices, etc.


Linux isn’t growing in those markets either. Moreover, it’s increasingly seen as a liability - thus increasing efforts to replace it with eg Fuchsia.




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