[E. Pluribus Unum]

I’m a Linux fanboy, but making a big deal about hundredths of a percentage point increase seems sort of... desperate.

[marktwain]

This is the way I want to see it. A nice, slow, steady, rise. That way I get the advantages of well supported software that is free, and have very little to worry about from viruses and malware.

[mamelukesabre]

Its about a 25% increase. That’s not small.

[ShadowAce]

I've gotten to the point that I don't really care about market share. It's not an indicator of quality, and what other people use or don't use don't use doesn't really concern me.

I use linux because

• It's freely available
• I get security updates that I know are not pushing out spyware
• Plenty of applications available
• It integrates seamlessly with my work environment
• It provides the desktop environment that allows me to be more productive
• No vendor lockin
• It provides choice in desktop appearance, usage, and performance.
• It supports more hardware

Not everyone has the same needs I do. That's fine. Use what works. However, if everything is equal, I'd still prefer linux.

[zeugma]

I’m a Linux fanboy, but making a big deal about hundredths of a percentage point increase seems sort of... desperate.

It does. I'm long since over the whole market share thing. If other folks want to use virus-prone and unreliable crap, I'm fine with that. I'm just glad the development environment is still robust.

I just need to learn not to update until after there is a patch for VMware Workstation, so it doesn't break after a kernel upgrade. Currently, I'm dead in the water on Workstation 7.1.5 with kernel 3.2.2, as everything I could find on google last night that I thought would help went to dead links. Apparently helohost.org is off the air, and that's were a bunch of the links to patching went to.

I like VMWare a lot, but it is the only program that gives me serious headaches. If I didn't already have so much invested in it, I'd have abandoned it long ago.

[Tribune7]

It’s nice for people to be told that Linux is still hanging around.