Unknown is Windows. If I recall correctly, there was a Windows update (in May or June, I believe) that caused it to stop registering as Windows with the site. A subsequent update fixed the problem. That’s why if you look at another chart on the site, you’ll see an equivalent increase in Unknown as Windows decreases during that time period.

Did templeos even have we support?

It’s me on my Haiku OS laptop. Sorry everyone.

Yeah, what this is actally showing is Linux at 6.37% and Linux with its Four Freedoms fully intact at 3.13%.

Yeah, but it’s not branded as Linux. Same goes for Android

Yeah, but as far as I know, if you want to run Linux applications, they run in a virtual machine after you enable and download Linux support in ChromeOS.

Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market

Flatpack has definitely made me stick with Linux as my personal home use OS.

Previously the apps from the store repo were kind of okay but sometimes hit and miss, then outside of that having to add repos and install apps by that way I didn’t mind too much but often it felt as though I was going to break something. Mixed experiences of app installs had previously made me retreat to the familiarity of windows.

I always came back to Linux because Windows just felt stinky, now Linux just feels so simple with Flatpack ❤️

To be even more controversial, I’d say Electron has had a big positive impact on getting critical applications people want onto Linux. If devs had to make a dedicated app for Linux it either wouldn’t exist or be extremely dumbed down with lagging updates.

I fucking love the open source community.

Seconded :)

Linux Desktop Share

It’s fairly easy. Don’t sweat it

(note: this ended up being long, but I promise it’s worth it to read)

Learning to use Linux is as easy (if not easier) than when you learned to use Windows, and you probably did that when you were younger, even less experienced with technology, and didn’t have the benefit of comprehensive online help resources.

To start, the main thing to know is that unlike Windows or MacOS, the Operating System “kernel” (the bit that actually handles the core tasks of an OS which allows software to run on your hardware which you don’t ever need to understand) does not have many of the usability features you associate with Windows or MacOS such as the Desktop Environment, default programs, apps store, etc.

Instead, Linux comes in different **“distributions” (“distros”)**which facilitate all these things. So it’s more accurate to think of a Linux distro as analogous to “Windows” or “MacOS” rather than just Linux.

The awesome thing about this is that while they’re all similar enough that almost anything you learn will be applicable to all of them, the variety of options means you can find one that works well for you. So when it comes time to try Linux, here’s what to do

Pick a Linux distro that is super non-tech user friendly. If you want to have it chosen for you, just “Linux Mint” (but also look into “Pop OS.” Both are very user friendly)

Search for “How to install <name-of-linux-distro>” on the Internet

Follow the most official guide you find

Done.

Then, once it’s installed, any time you want to learn how to do a thing on it that isn’t intuitive to you, try the following in order until you get useful results:

Search for "how to do <thing-to-do> on Linux"

Search for "how to do <thing-to-do> on <your-linux-distro>"

Make a post on a distro-specific subreddit, Lemmy community, discord server, etc asking how to do the thing

Realistically, #1 & #2 should solve all your problems unless you’re doing complicated stuff, but #3 will almost always solve the rest.

Also, welcome to the club! You won’t wanna go back, trust me :)

The reality is that those people just run Windows 10 (or even 7) until WELL after updates have stopped being pushed. There is a narrow window of people who care about updates who won’t upgrade (because EOL for Windows 10 is 2025), but they are very much the minority.

And of those who care about gaming? You are likely already running “ps4/x1” levels of hardware and we are going to be seeing the refresh SKUs late next year (probably). So it is even more likely that an upgrade will occur.

That said: Linux Mint is pretty much plug and play for most people. Hell, I reformatted my parents’ laptops to Linux Mint and they still think they are running Windows but I have fewer weekends of “Okay, time to do tech support until they start blaming their viruses on jewish space lizards” because they can’t break it. And with the ever bigger push for Steam Deck support, most games, once you enable proton (which is a checkbox), “just work”.

Great article! Deserves its own post

OS that didn’t report what it was, probably a mix of ancient windows installs and Linux and other OSs that resist fingerprinting so they don’t tell servers what they are.

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