They definitely do, and in slowly growing numbers.
Yeah it's the year of the linux desktop like, what, 30 years running now?
That's kind of my point. This growth doesn't really mean shit because we're currently not a window where linux would ever be mass adopted for aforementioned reasons - there's hardly anybody left willing to do the tiniest bit of work to get it running.
Except that there was always a decentish windows version you could use. There are many people who are never goung to switch to windows 8 and up. And 7 is becoming increasingly hard to use. After having to edit so many driver files they are going to give up and move to linux. This is my case.
Absolutely, and there's a bunch of Linux distros that are specifically geared to make someone used to Windows comfortable. The Linux on-ramp gets easier and easier every day.
I just don't think that's a rational conclusion. Linux market share is growing, not declining, so obviously there are more people using it today both proportionally and in raw numbers than a few years ago. Linux isn't going to become the most used OS overnight, or perhaps ever under capitalism, but there's just no reasonable position that it's not easier and more common to use desktop Linux today than it was ten years ago, and it's getting better and easier every year.
Yeah it's the year of the linux desktop like, what, 30 years running now?
That's kind of my point. This growth doesn't really mean shit because we're currently not a window where linux would ever be mass adopted for aforementioned reasons - there's hardly anybody left willing to do the tiniest bit of work to get it running.
I also just wanted to add, sorry if I came across as standoffish yesterday. I was working on too little sleep, my bad.
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Except that there was always a decentish windows version you could use. There are many people who are never goung to switch to windows 8 and up. And 7 is becoming increasingly hard to use. After having to edit so many driver files they are going to give up and move to linux. This is my case.
Absolutely, and there's a bunch of Linux distros that are specifically geared to make someone used to Windows comfortable. The Linux on-ramp gets easier and easier every day.
Exactly as long as microsoft keeps making windows worse and worse people will end up having to move.
I just don't think that's a rational conclusion. Linux market share is growing, not declining, so obviously there are more people using it today both proportionally and in raw numbers than a few years ago. Linux isn't going to become the most used OS overnight, or perhaps ever under capitalism, but there's just no reasonable position that it's not easier and more common to use desktop Linux today than it was ten years ago, and it's getting better and easier every year.