100% of supercomputers, 80% of mobile devices (as Android), 4 or 5% of desktops depending on whether you count ChromeOS. Desktop share is a few percent higher if you just count gaming PCs, eg. the Steam survey, since it’s more widely used at home than on business machines.
The rate of adoption is accelerating, too - slowly but steadily.
That’s very strange… it was reported at 4-5% last year too wasn’t it. Rico, why is it the same percentage as then and why is the acceleration still slow?
2023/4 was steam but it was also before Microsoft started losing their mind thinking forcing people into AI would just blow over.
I expect 2026 will have a couple more percent as a load of people are trying to escape and some of them will make it.
why is the acceleration still slow?
There’s no marketing
Fear. Linux used to be a lot more complicated. It has a reputation. Windows is still far better at getting you to a gui if you really fuck it up. Checkpoints on updates and safe mode save a lot of peoples bacon.
Game performance is still markedly slower, and anti-cheat titles are unplayable.
Games are getting better, ease to install is getting better. Title availability is slowly getting better, but a lot of it is electron, so the titles themselves are getting worse. Wine/Proton is amazing and improving every day.
The community has to market in various ways in spare time if they want better for platform and more people to come in. Was thinking growing an animation and anime portion of the community to create visuals would be great way to get people as one way.
Partnering with schools and community events to demonstrate how easy it is to use for certain beginner friendly distros will be massive with each event done. Thats true on the gui, checkpoints on updates, and safe mode thing too. Wonder which distros would implement latter 2.
The public view is changing on that. Even YouTube has been pushing Linux in the algorithm and people talking about how easier it is. The new problem point mainly is modding and games that need anti-cheat
Haha you’re a funny penguin Rico we can definitely kaboom this whole place after the operation is over. Actually that’s genius!! Kawolski get me a schematic on how we can make that kaboom happen!!
“Skipper I think I have another idea of what we can do”
addie@feddit.uk 4 days ago
100% of supercomputers, 80% of mobile devices (as Android), 4 or 5% of desktops depending on whether you count ChromeOS. Desktop share is a few percent higher if you just count gaming PCs, eg. the Steam survey, since it’s more widely used at home than on business machines.
The rate of adoption is accelerating, too - slowly but steadily.
Batmorous@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That’s very strange… it was reported at 4-5% last year too wasn’t it. Rico, why is it the same percentage as then and why is the acceleration still slow?
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
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2023/4 was steam but it was also before Microsoft started losing their mind thinking forcing people into AI would just blow over.
I expect 2026 will have a couple more percent as a load of people are trying to escape and some of them will make it.
There’s no marketing
Fear. Linux used to be a lot more complicated. It has a reputation. Windows is still far better at getting you to a gui if you really fuck it up. Checkpoints on updates and safe mode save a lot of peoples bacon.
Game performance is still markedly slower, and anti-cheat titles are unplayable.
Games are getting better, ease to install is getting better. Title availability is slowly getting better, but a lot of it is electron, so the titles themselves are getting worse. Wine/Proton is amazing and improving every day.
Batmorous@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Makes sense
The community has to market in various ways in spare time if they want better for platform and more people to come in. Was thinking growing an animation and anime portion of the community to create visuals would be great way to get people as one way.
Partnering with schools and community events to demonstrate how easy it is to use for certain beginner friendly distros will be massive with each event done. Thats true on the gui, checkpoints on updates, and safe mode thing too. Wonder which distros would implement latter 2.
The public view is changing on that. Even YouTube has been pushing Linux in the algorithm and people talking about how easier it is. The new problem point mainly is modding and games that need anti-cheat
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Rico, from penguins of Madagascar, holding dynamite and a lit match in each arm. Text shows Rico asking “Kaboom?”
Batmorous@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Haha you’re a funny penguin Rico we can definitely kaboom this whole place after the operation is over. Actually that’s genius!! Kawolski get me a schematic on how we can make that kaboom happen!!
“Skipper I think I have another idea of what we can do”
Yes what is it Private?