Posted on 07/12/2023 4:56:02 AM PDT by ShadowAce
What a joke.
“…it is rapidly gaining momentum as an operating system of choice for many desktop users”
30 years and flat at 3%. “Rapidly”
While I am currently using a PC with Windows 10 Pro, the last two computers I installed an operating system on have Linux. When Windows 10 Pro is no longer supported in late 2025, that will be my last Windows PC. I figure to be using Linux for everyday use well before then.
Apple Mac had sunk to about 2% in the mid ‘90s, after the failed Mac laptop (lead batteries, no backlighting), failed Newton, failed GX, dead-end 680x0 processors, the ridiculous Centrum line, the release of Windows 95, etc. It came back over time with healthy high single digits, not counting iOS and iPad OS.
Desktop Linux going from under 1% to 3% IS a healthy jump, and that is despite having almost no presence in the phone
or laptop market, even as laptops have become the main “desktop” in much of corporate America, and moreso since COVID.
It has been a long climb, but because Linux’ presence is HUGE in Internet server market, is not processor centric, and is explicitly based on UNIX, the root system is EXTREMELY strong.
For us Freepers, it is relevant as software that allows endless variation and MUCH less privacy intrusion than Microsoft and Google (Chrome OS/Android), and the “updates” are not mandatory, and neither are hardware upgrades.
Yeah a slow climb to 3% on the desktop, in addition to half of the server world, is a big deal. I am typing this on my well-provisioned Ubuntu desktop, which does 80% of what I need.
Android OS on your non-Apple phones is derived from Linux.
Apple phone iOS is derived from BSD unix.
If Raspberry Pi is recognized as a desktop, the percentage could potentially increase. I currently have one placed on my desk.
Queue the condescending Windoze users that enjoy paying exorbitant annual usage fees, punishing upgrade fees, and crappy customer service.
When you go for help on the support sites, you get gang-banged. They aren’t there to help. They are there to ridicule.
Linux is great for servers in a data center. Its not a home computer type of os though.
That’s weird-—I’ve been using it exclusively at home as my only desktop OS for the past 20 years. My latest laptop came with it pre-installed.
I certainly look forward to something that replaces Windows with localized computer storage.
Windows generally insists on wasting half an hour of my time whenever it connects to the Internet.
Will I be buying a new Windows machine? No.
I’m using a Chromebook which surfs nicely but uses remote storage of documents which causes delays of seconds.
My neighbor gave me his old Mac which if I spent the time to learn how to use it might be the most suitable.
Uhh--no.
“exorbitant annual usage fees”
I believe from time to time Microsoft still offers non-annual versions of Word & Excel combos.
I’d probably buy a combo and new Windows machine if Microsoft could prove to me it was able to sell me a PC that worked at least as fast as lazy old me.
Are you able to play withcher 3 on it?
Will linux run office 365?
I admit that 3% isn’t much of a share, but once you’ve tried Linux, you wont go back.
Using steam proton it shouldn’t be an issue. However I have not personally tried that exact title. Checkout protondb.com
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