This year will definitely be Linux’s big break!
Infynis@midwest.social 8 months ago
Linux about to pop off
Neato@ttrpg.network 8 months ago
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 8 months ago
Well, it hit 4% on desktop for the first time this year.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
1 year ago, Steam Deck already accounted for upwards of 25% of Steam Linux users.
I don’t currently have the data to back it up, but I’m pretty fucking convinced it’s actually “The Year of the Linux Portable Game System” and not “The Year of the Linux Desktop.”
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 8 months ago
Then think about what that means.
What is holding back users to switch to Linux? Games. For everything else a normal, slightly tech savvy user would want, there’s Linux alternatives. Games are the only deal breaker. If the steam deck forces/encourages game publishers to support Linux, that’s also a good thing for desktop usage.
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Hope not
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
I mean, I don’t agree, but I can see negative knock-on effects of Linux getting more popular… like more viruses and malware being developed for Linux and Linux noobs getting widely infected because Linux kind of requires you to know enough about your own system to secure it yourself while Microsoft does a lot of the security for you out of the box.
In my experience, UFW isn’t enabled out-of-the-box. WIndows has a default Firewall enabled out of the box.
So yeah, unless Linux is quickly made a lot more user-friendly in terms of security, the growth in Linux can be seen as a bad thing.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Microsoft does a lot of the security for you out of the box
Right. 😂 Considering how badly designed Windows security is, I guarantee you that pretty much any Linux defaults should be better.
Microsoft has to do a lot of extra stuff because the security is so bad. The simplest example is that you can’t run Windows without antivirus and firewall, you can with Linux.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
The simplest example is that you can’t run Windows without antivirus and firewall, you can with Linux.
That’s literally only because there isn’t large enough marketshare of Linux to make it worth doing…
As Linux marketshare increases that will change but I guess that point went right over your head.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
It’s really nowhere near as bad as it used to be. Windows Defender is more than enough antivirus for any user not downloading shady pirate shit, and it’s secure enough for businesses.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 8 months ago
same as how it “popped off” when Windows XP got discontinued?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Y’all need to let it go. Linux is already mainstream, they just don’t advertise as much. Or, at all.
mihies@kbin.social 8 months ago
Windows Vista didn't make many PCs obsolete, though.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 8 months ago
when XP was about to stop receiving support in 2014, people online were all kinds of excited about owners of all those old PCs moving to Linux.