I can't think of any logical reason to exclude ChromeOS and count it separately,and a good portion of the "Unknown" category may as well be Linux.
The "real" number shouldn't be far from 10%, if not already exceeding it.
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I think the Unknown category could be custom standalone devices like Playstation, FireTV, webOS, and Switch which have browsers to make those stats but could be BSD based.
And, I wouldn't exclude ChromeOS also, I thought it's built off of Gentoo Linux.
> I can't think of any logical reason to exclude ChromeOS and count it separately
Because virtually nobody who says "desktop Linux" means ChromeOS.
And that's (almost) as wrong as saying BSD is not Unix
So here's the thing. Chrome OS is absolutely a Linux distribution. It's even a GNU/Linux distribution (based on Gentoo), unlike say Android/Linux, which is doing its own thing. But... When people say "desktop Linux", they mean one of the user-controlled distros, not the locked down appliance that is ChromeOS. It's like how nobody who says they want a Linux phone mean Android. Technically correct, but not what people mean.
I think Fedora should be taken out too. Fedora stands alone and shouldn't be lumped in with the rest of the LinuxOS.
Fedora going up is a sign of progress. Regular Linux going up is just a sign that Windows sucks.