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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/

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  • Switorik@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just transitioned to Linux. Fully removed windows.

    I’m doing my part!

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    • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I consider myself a trans ally, but I’m struggling to keep up with the latest pronouns. Congrats!

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      • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I identify as Linux and my pronouns are root/+u.

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    • goatinspace@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not perfect but there are different values

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      • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The funny thing is there are lots of things that are designed better on Linux vs Windows/macos too.

        My memory is fading on some of them since I primarily use Windows for work and a steam deck for gaming now, but keyboard shortcuts was definitely one of them. Easier to get shit done automation-wise from simple scripts. CMD is so basic and PowerShell feels like my fingers are exhausted from doing a simple thing, and like you always need to write a paragraph to get a simple thing done.

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  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Proton is a big deal for the change. Think back 5 years ago and switching to Linux was much less approachable because you needed to be an enthusiast to get your games running. Nowadays, you just click download on the Linux Steam client and >90% of the time, it’ll just work.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have been on Linux for over 15 years and even I don’t want to go back to the old days of manually installing Wine and having to create different prefixes to get different games to launch without sound. or some missing textures.

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        not manually, yeah, but bottles and such are still really useful. it shows how much good GUI tools help with usability for everyone

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      • AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I ended up wading into the world of WINE prefixes when I tried to mod some older games. I got it working in the end, but it sure made me grateful for how easy I have it with Proton

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      • Zink@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Hear, hear!

        There is nothing wrong, and in fact there is something good, with FOSS being polished and user friendly out of the box.

        Historically that has not been a priority, because FOSS has been by the computer nerds, for the computer nerds. But if that priority shifts to being a bit more “by the computer nerds, for the normies” then that is a good thing as long as the developers don’t prevent the power users from accessing any part of the system they want. Fortunately that completely against the point of the FOSS world.

        I first learned Unix in the 90s, I use my Linux desktop more than my phone, I’m an engineer on embedded systems digging through C and C++ code all day, I have terminals open all day, and… I have Linux Mint Cinnamon installed on all my machines and love it. Change My Mind, lol.

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      • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I, on the contrary, prefer it when everyone uses mainstream Wine with winetricks and prefixes so if something doesn’t work, you can at least fix it using someone’s advice posted on winehq. With Proton it seems that everyone expects stuff to either just work or doesn’t bother. The Proton advice is usually as valuable as Windows problems advice.

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    • gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      100% this. I’ve been on Linux for 27 years now (ffs I’m getting old), and until proton, I just wrote off gaming as a hit or miss experience, usually not worth the trouble. Now I’ll buy Windows only games without even checking compatibility in most cases. Unless it’s a full price AAA game, I’ll risk the off chance that it doesn’t work.

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      • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Clair Obscur worked out of the box and it took a while for me to realize that I didn’t even check before buying.

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    • underscores@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gaming on Mac was also more or less the same when it came to running windows games, had to use wine

      And I’m sorry y’all I know wine is awesome but using it manually is a pain in the ass and I hated it and I consider myself more of an enthusiast

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      • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Crossover isn’t cheap, but it can save so much time compared to WINE that I think it does pay for itself.

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Honestly, 5 years ago Proton was already in pretty good shape. 2018 is when I switched to Linux, and already had very little trouble gaming.

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      • Patches@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes but nobody knew about it. SteamOs brought that to the surface.

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    • herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think it’s less Proton, more Vulkan/DXVK. Proton is just wrapping these amazing things. Before DXVK, games in Linux used to suck big time.

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    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If we can get close to that kind of support for productivity software, I think Linux usage would explode. One of the problems with business adoption is that specialized software almost always skips Linux. The Affinity suite, for example. I’m hoping we see some snowballing now that Linux is growing so quickly, but getting Wine/Proton working with more non-game software would also be an enormous win.

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    • aliser@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      now is a good time to switch. Im so glad im off windows and their bullshit. a lot of games just work, including many online games, which is super cool. often there’s no difference between launching a game on Linux vs windows.

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    • Univ3rse@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Absolutely. Linux in general has become very approachable. I recently came back to Linux after 15 years away and I have been very impressed with how well everything just works. I’ve only experienced very minor issues with peripherals that were solved with a simple Google search or update.

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  • passepartout@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    inb4 Linux users sweepingly get declared as criminals for some flimsy reason. There was some news of Facebook filtering out Linux content because it seemed harmful to them.

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    • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You wouldn’t download an operating system, would you?

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      • ook@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • a_person@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        All my operating systems are hand written in assembly

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      • passepartout@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Of course not! I will only get organic / grass fed computers with a OS preinstalled by the vendor. They only do this to protect the users and not for the fuckton of money MS shoves into their throats.

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    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Reminds me of the thing in Spain where they just immediately suspect anyone of drug trafficking for using pixel devices because thats what grapheneos runs on.

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    • verdigris@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m less worried about any specific targeting of Linux than I am about some random tech bro whispering in Trump’s ear and suddenly he bans Open Source or something similarly unenforceable and insane.

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      • kescusay@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Banning open source would basically destroy the entire Internet in the United States. No tech bro is going to want that.

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    • swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      With the current political climate, my bf worries about exactly this.

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    • aim_at_me@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The irony of Facebook running entirely on Linux is not lost on me.

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    • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My understanding of that was Facebook just gave up on human moderation and let an AI do whatever it wanted. Still unacceptable but totally foreseeable.

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  • mrodri89@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thank you Pewdiepie!!

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    • voodooattack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He single-handedly changed a lot of people’s impression of Linux with a single video, and he did it gently enough to not intimidate and scare them away like many others did. I respect that.

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    • HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is he really the reason? I just started trying a bunch over the past month through vm’s to see which one I like the best because I want to take the leap soon. I am doing it mostly due to the video game performance and compatibility reaching high enough levels that I don’t think it will be a big issue anymore. I also listed out all my current Windows apps and looked up what the alternative is, and from what I see, there is nothing left that won’t run on Linux anymore. The next step is seeing how some compare to what I am used to.

      I can’t be the only one who is noticing its current state and just wanting to try something different. I don’t hate windows like everyone talks about it online, but I am at the point where I am noticing they are only going to get worse with privacy and continue to make awful built in features that do more to benefit themselves over you. So the 2 lines have crossed paths, and I think it’s the perfect storm for Linux soon.

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      • 18107@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He has a large audience and used his position to publicise it.

        There have been countless volunteers and enthusiasts who have worked hard to make Linux worth publicising.

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      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Keep in mind quite a lot of online games have recently banned linux players, in case there’s an important game for you like that.

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    • cass80@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m out of the loop. What did he do?

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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        be a racist piece of shit with the emotional maturity of a 12 year old with fetal alcohol syndrome?

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      • mrodri89@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0&t=7s

        He made a video encouraging people to try Linux.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Recommended Linux.

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  • Sarothazrom@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just switched last month and I love it so far (:

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    • tfm@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🙃

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  • Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hopefully this surge in users make people want to develop for it a lot more and break more walls for others who are interested.

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    • MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The bad thing is that more malware will arrive to Linux and from time to time malware that exploit undiscovered vulnerabilities.

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      • SMillerNL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It was already a pretty attractive target because of servers for everything. I’m not sure reaching 5% desktop market share will really make it more attractive for malware.

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  • mortalblade@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just made the full switch meself this past week!

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    • zach@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Welcome Mr. Krabs

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  • goatinspace@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    (~‾⌣‾)~

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    • masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Windows

      (╯°□°)╯︵┻━┻

      Linux

      ¯\(ツ)/¯┬─┬

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • JimmyKerr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I use arch btw

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    • misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It wasn’t immediately clear, I think you need to change your username to IUseArchBtw so we all know off the bat.

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    • fluxion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This guy uses arch btw

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    • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Real men and women run Slack. Tarballs Yum!

      To head off the zealots-- ./././

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      • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Not even close!

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      • fluxion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Gentoo with allllllllll the custom cflags while hanging a 20 lb weight off your scrotum

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  • qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Every year Linux fans:

    👐 It’s happening! 👐

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  • tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I made the switch recently for probably the strangest reason.

    I’ve been running win 11 for over a year using a shell tool that allowed me to move my task bar to the top of the screen and some other win 10 functionality.

    However win 11 removed the ability to move the task bar and my shell program lost most of its functionality. After that I was done.

    I’ve Linux off and on since 2002ish so it’s not scary to me and I’m pretty happy with Arch and KDE right now. Still the occasional crash that appears to happen sometimes when watching YouTube.

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    • walderan@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey, don’t knock on customization as a reason. A couple of decades ago, I was sold on Linux by silly Beryl/Compiz videos such as this one:
      www.youtube.com/watch?v=038RHEGu4OY

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      • enthusiasm_headquarters@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yo compiz is the shit. You can do ANYTHING with it. It took me a while to figure out because where the hell is the manual, but I have my own custom thing going on and it’s brilliant.

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    • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If anyone is stuck on windows and not able to switch there’s a program called wind hawk that will let you download customizations in windows 11 including moving the bar

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      • enthusiasm_headquarters@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        it’s sad, pathetic, and stupid that one has to download a potentially dangerous hack to do something so basic.

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      • tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        From my reading all ways to move the task bar have been removed.

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    • dil@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      idk how you stayed on windows so long, had I tried linux sooner I wouldve dumped it faster, no software support or piracy for said software if it does have support is rough tho like houdinifx is hard to pirate if not impossible, davinci is easy tho, adobe has no support (no idea if it works well with wine pirated)

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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At some point companies will be forced to accept that they’re losing out on revenue by not releasingg a linux version of their software.

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    • Sestren@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And the Windows version through Wine will still run better than the native… As is tradition.

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  • kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hopped on the Linux train when Microsoft began pushing hard for AI integration and Microsoft accounts. I fucking hate AI and I don’t need some corpo cunt looking over my shoulder and taking notes while I use my computer.

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  • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wow, that’s excluding Chrome OS, which has 2.71% on it’s own. So you could say Linux is at over 7%, but glad they split it so we know.

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  • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Still far too low, considering that the US is now a police state.

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  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m doing my part! Switched to Linux earlier this year because Microsoft started showing ads in the start menu. I tried Nobara but ran into some glitches that I didn’t want to troubleshoot so I switched to Bazzite. So far so good.

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  • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Woooo! Year of the linux desktop baby!!

    • pumps fist in air*
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  • BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Scoffs derisively at the new popular thing and switches to BSD…

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  • centipede_powder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It would probably be more if there weren’t so many Linux gatekeepers that tell people to “go back to Windows/Apple” when they ask a questions.

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Finally, the year of Desktop Linux. Twenty years after we were promised. And it’s still a pittence, but I’ll take it.

    I’m on a Mac, only use Linux for server stuff, but the more people we can get off Windows, the better. Let’s go!

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  • dukatos@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks, Gaben.

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  • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As pointed out on hackernews, this is likely attributed to (a) decrease in desktop usage by non-linux-users, and (b) the gaming industry embracing linux

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  • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Great, but that graph is not showing any prticular spike, just a nice and gentle upward trend in share. The article also overlooks that there is a certain element of Windows and MacOS computers being replaced by tablets and phones, while Linux is already an enthusiast choice on the desktop, meaning it will be insulated somewhat.

    On the plus side, Steam and Proton and maturing DEs/distros and enshittification of Windows certainly make Linux a much more viable “normie” option than it’s ever been. We’re a far cry from the CD-ROM of Red Hat that came with my “Intro to Linux” book in 1999 but couldn’t use my Winmodem or printer and really preferred to run XWindows in grayscale.

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  • te_abstract_art@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not in the US, but here in the UK I made the switch too.

    I went from Windows PC + Windows laptop ~2 years ago to now having a Linux PC (ZorinOS), Samsung tablet and a home server running Proxmox with an Ubuntu VM for Docker.

    Never been happier with my setup. The grass truly is greener over here.

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just switched to Linux for my daily driver laptop!

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  • Crabhands@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m on EndeavorOS for 2 months, and I just installed Bazzite on my kids desktop! As long as Sober keeps working for Roblox, we are golden.

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  • simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why are is that stat counter splitting Macs into OS X and macOS

    It’s the same OS.

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  • shapptastic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean good for the desktop experience on Linux, its taken the movement of most desktop apps to the web to make OS choice basically immaterial. I’ll still nitpick some things in linux that are still worse than Windows (i’ve replaced my htpc with a cheapo N100 and its better in most ways, worse in a few smaller things), but the most important thing is that the things I mostly use a desktop for (namely media consumption, browsing, some game streaming, and docker containers) its more or less the same as using windows or macos.

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