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Saying Linux Is Fragmented Is Wrong, This Is Why

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Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie 		Mail this story
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One of the things that some people say about the Linux platform is that it's fragmented, just like Android. The truth is that fragmentation doesn't really apply to the Linux platform, and the fact that there are too many distros to count is actually a good thing.

Android is a broken system that somehow works. If we take a look at the Android slice right now, we'll see that most people are still using KitKat 4.4, about 40%, and about 15% have just moved on to Lollipop 5.0. The rest up to 100% are split in even older versions of the operating system.

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