It is nice to see Linux growing. The question is why? Microsoft does not make it easy to switch. Is this a result of Microsoft and Apple aggressively sunsetting OS versions and Linux being the way to keep HW working? Or is this just more people realizing that Linux is great? Some other reason?
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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how
It's not a typo. Linux's desktop share is growing, according to the US government's records.Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)
- Sunsetting of OS versions (18%, 65 Stimmen)
- Linux being great (19%, 68 Stimmen)
- Both (41%, 142 Stimmen)
- Some other reason (20%, 71 Stimmen)
Bundyo
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •Vincent 🌻🇪🇺
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •Urzl
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •A friend at work is still super convinced that the average person still can't use Linux because it's so tweaky to get his hardware working. He's got a gaming rig with an Nvidia card which doesn't work right without significant tinkering.
I have 3 machines, which required zero tweaking to make anything work. One of which is the daily driver for my third grader who has never used anything else.
The rough edges aren't all up front anymore. People should be using it everywhere.
Alyssa Voronin
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •My first foray into Linux was on my old laptop, when Windows XP support ended.
I switched my gaming & daily use desktop to Linux in response to Microsoft Recall and the privacy nightmare that Windows 11 has become more generally.
I'd probably still be using Windows on the desktop, if Microsoft were still in the business of selling operating systems, instead of selling user information. Now that I'm a full time Linux user, though, I don't foresee ever going back.
trainguyrom
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •I think there's two other big factors at play as well:
1. The Steam Desk keeps proving with great hardware and great software integration that Linux is a viable desktop and handheld operating system
2. The declining home computer market. Most "not computer people" no longer have a home computer and just do everything on their phone offloading to a work computer or "the cloud" as needed, so the remaining home desktop users are power users, enthusiasts or those resistant to change, all conveniently demographics that tend to have reasons to like Linux
Tallak
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •Albert Cardona
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •JosĂ© Rodrigues
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •What keeps me running a partition on windows is the Adobe suite, and some astronomy software.
Freya Anduin, author
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •if you try buying a cheap laptop with linux . you can't. maybe due to not quite legal deals micro and apple to dealers - us or them.
so to me 6% is not impressive considering common knowledge of mimcro abusing customer data. but it's one hell of an effort to get a linux not pre-contaminated by win
Djembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪
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