Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.

  • duncesplayed@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Just an FYI that at this rate it's only going to take another 115 years before Linux has 100% market share.

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    The critical mass needed to tip the scales is not high. Once Linux has enough market share to matter as a customer base, game studios will switch to developing as cross-platform for it by default, so that they don't lose launch sales. Once this happens, a lot of people won't have any reason to stay on windows anymore as gaming was the only thing holding them back. This will then create a virtuous cycle of users migrating and games (and then apps) switching to it. Along then come hardware vendor supporty and then pre-built PCs and laptops. If the tipping point is reach, the rate of market share gain will be exponential.

    The same thing happened with Internet Explorer 6

    The only thing that can stop this is outside pressure from software giants like Microsoft through lobbying the Governments, buying out game studios or buying exclusivity, or strong-arming hardware vendors.

    • rippersnapper@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Other than gamers, there's a huge share of enterprise Windows users. And they're not likely to shift OS, because of IT admin issues. Others in this thread have commented on how Apple is struggling to get devs to build native games compared to Windows.

      Sure the number of home PC users might decline, one can always hope.

  • Nicklybear [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Glad to be part of the trend. Literally just yesterday, I got rid of Windows and installed Pop OS instead.

    • crowseye@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Nice! I ran Pop OS on my laptop for over a year to get the hang of things before I decided to fully commit. I've been running Pop OS on desktop for about 2 months or so with minimum problems, transitioning to GIMP from Photoshop has been harder for me than switching to Linux. Eager to learn though.

      • Nicklybear [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        transitioning to GIMP from Photoshop has been harder for me than switching to Linux.

        Same, but Affinity Photo instead of Photoshop.

      • Nicklybear [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        I've often dabbled in Linux, mostly dual-booting, but now I'm fully committing. I mostly kept with Windows because Affinity Designer and Photo don't work on Linux, and having quality graphic design software is important to what I do. It just got to the point with Microsoft endlessly advertising to me, changing my defaults, trying to force me to use Edge, and forcing updates that I had enough and even having access to quality graphic design software wasn't enough for me to stay.

  • HouseWolf@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I got quite a few friends wanting to avoid Windows 11 and taking a serious look at Linux.

    Sadly less than half who've tried it out have wanted to stick with it, Due to technical problems or some neche software not being available/having a suitable alternative.

    • Swarfega@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I'm in the same boat. I'd like to leave Windows but since installing POP!_OS I've had issues with ending up with two versions of Firefox installed (yes snap and yes I've fixed that now). My Yubikey can't be detected until I found a post by another user with a fix. I am still yet to find a way to get VRR working.

      There's no doubt that a lot of issues are user related but honestly I don't have this much trouble with Windows. This isn't the first time I've tried Linux and each and every time I find issues that I normally just give up on and revert back to Windows. I am trying though, I even purchased a second SSD dedicated for Linux.

      I gotta say though Valve's proton software is amazing and without it I probably wouldn't be trying so hard to leave Windows as my primary game doesn't have native Linux support.

      • HouseWolf@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Pop!_OS was also the first distro I tried and I had a lot of problems with it, I dunno why people keep recommending it.

        I've been fulltime on EndeavourOS for over a month no with no issues, but I also don't have any peripherals that require software to work correctly which makes me a rare case these days.

        • Resolved3874@lemdro.id
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          1 year ago

          I tried Endeavor for a bit before switching to Mint. May have just my me being to new to be jumping into Endeavor but I struggled and switch to mint within a couple days. was a beautiful distro though. Will probably jump back at some point since I'm running Linux on a spare PC right next to my main windows PC.

        • Swarfega@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          I'll give EndeavourOS a try then. Thanks.

          I tried Pop as it seemed highly recommended.

          • peanutdust@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            Mint and ubuntu are solid places to start linux. You can run them all pretty easy in a virtual machine btw, windows will even auto install ubuntu with the hyper v program. https://imgur.com/a/CFCSUvh Uncheck the secure boot for iso.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    I wish librewolf had a toggle for its user agent. The default user agent is windows and you can't change it without extensions

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Wow, if it keeps going at this rate, it'll be the year of Linux on the desktop (50% share) in 2079.

  • Beaver [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    For me, the Year of Linux on the Desktop was 2021. There's literally only one computer in the house running Windows anymore, and that's simply to run some of the pro-level software I use for gig work (and so I'll never be entirely rid of it).

    Proton's improvements were a big step in transitioning my PC gaming to Linux. There are still a lot of games that won't run on Linux, but... there are so many that do, so I don't feel like I'm missing out.

  • trubedour@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Glad to be part of the trend! Recently converted my 12 year old MacBook Pro to Fedora and it's running incredibly well. Have used command line Linux for work for years, but have really been enjoying it with a GUI in a desktop setting.