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[–] • 5 pts

2023: Windows 10 => 65.6% Linux => 2.5%

Is it the year of the Linux desktop yet? LOL!

Linux has itself to blame for not taking off over its 30 year existence. Practically nothing has been done to bring software that people use daily in their work to the OS. You have to get the business users first and that will bring the home users after that. Linus ruined the chances for the OS to go mainstream years ago by being the ass he is. It will remain a server OS standard only because it is free-ish. That's just how it is.

[–] • 2 pts

I windows updated your mom last night

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How many viruses did you get?

[–] • 1 pt

idk probably a lot, but now i have strippers on my desktop so its not all bad

[–] • 1 pt

It's never going to be the "year of the linux desktop" because M$ owns the fucking OEM market. They are about to put their faggot AI button on all the keyboards.

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It's never going to be the "year of the linux desktop" because M$ owns the fucking OEM market. They are about to put their faggot AI button on all the keyboards.

Linus had 30 years to do something about that but he didn't. There are markets outside the US that he could have leveraged but he just didn't try. He only concerns himself with the kernel and not the larger environment around it. He's the nigger of the OS world who never independently developed developed his own full ecosystem and just appropriated the works of others like M$, jewgle and Crapple.

[–] • 1 pt

Funny you mentioned jewgle. Those fucks could be pushing Linux hard and buying OEM's to get it on a desktop but refuse to do so. Why? There is either an agreement with M$ or other funny business is going on. It is worthy to note Google stopped 32 bit development in 2016 and M$ rebuilt Edge as a chromium browser in 2018. Around 16 months later. Why? Google was still porting 32bit Chrome for XP.

[–] • 2 pts

I love how Windows Vista and Windows 8 never came close to surpassing their predecessors. Everyone with a brain took a pass on those releases.

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To people saying "Hahaha Linux 2.5%", you DO realize that that 2.5% has happened within the past 2 or 3 years, right? Since Proton became such a great overlay, and distros have gotten user friendly DE's and package management, Linux has begun picking up steam steadily. Will it ever beat Windows? No. Not even Mac can do that. But I'd predict that by the end of the 2020's, Linux will be close to or at 5% share.

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

Watch where the Linux growth basically halts. They changed how they estimated Linux desktops. In reality Linux desktops were steadily growing far beyond this but they changed estimation methodology significantly under counts desktops. We know this because of Linux desktops used to report installs as they happened and even these numbers (actual physically confirmed installations) were under counted.

Linux basically has a 10% market share right now. If not more. It's also strange they tossed ChomeOS into the mix given it's a Linux desktop. Yet another method of under counting.

The truth is, the year of the Linux desktop came and went some five years or more back and no one noticed. You see it everywhere now. Gaming is starting to normalize on it too. Which is a huge driver. But the powers that be work in overdrive to reduce reported counts because they fear this will accelerate migrations away from Windows, especially given the idiocy Windows is pulling these days.

Neat video but is terribly inaccurate.

[–] • 2 pts

Didn't even think to include Chromebook at Android, you're absolutely right. There's also the factor that most Linux users are VERY cagey about disclosing their data, so you'll never know how many installs exist because the users literally won't tell you....unless they're on Arch :)

[–] • 3 pts

A lot of computers can't be purchased without a Windows licence. My last three computers came with a windows license. All three are counted as Windows. All never never ran Windows. That's -3 for Linux and +3 for Windows. In reality it's -3 for Windows and + 3 for Linux. For a total delta of 6.

This is just one of the games they play. I can't stress enough just how conservative the counts for Linux are that I've provided to you. Some market indicators strongly imply Linux has the same desktop count as MacOS. Think about that.

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I still like Linux. Truthfully tho, I think it matters less what OS you use anymore. They all basically do the same thing, they just do it in different ways.