valentinoLinux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.7%
empireOfLoveThanks, Steam Deck.
Most OS statistics come from web usage which is probably pretty minimal for steamdecks.
FoxBJKThere’s a desktop mode and you can install whatever browser you want. YouTube videos are perfectly smooth!
It’s not so much about browsing on steam decks. It’s about the technical improvements Valve has brought to Linux gaming compatibility that has now made full Linux conversion without a Windows dual-boot for gaming a true reality. Once people don’t have to reboot every time they want to start a game they’ll stay in Linux full time.
nakalI think SteamOS might help a bit, but the driving factor might be that Microsoft decided to ditch much of good hardware on their upgrade path to Windows 11.
Yeah my current PC is only just starting to hit it’s (gaming) limits now, still plenty strong for literally any other purpose, but yeah no I’ll just build a whole new PC just so I can be forced into an OS I don’t want when they stop supporting the one I’m on. It’s a fucking joke, I hate this ride and I want off of it.
I’m only just starting to get comfortable on Linux, I had a crack many years ago but switched back promptly to windows. Once I’m more comfortable and there’s better gaming support I’ll make the switch, it’s just not quite there yet for me.
I’ve been distro hopping a bit with my orange pi, I’m glad I didn’t dual-boot my desktop as I’m already struggling for storage with these 100+gb games being the norm now. I don’t think my steam library folders have seen more transfers between HDD and SSD ever.
With that said though, I did just order all the parts for a new PC, but that was only because of some good deals and am able to bring a bunch across. I’ve got a fair few parts that are still very new or low mileage, or were overspecced for the future and still have many years of viability left.
insomniacIt seems like a nice one-two punch of Microsoft shitting the bed with Windows 11 at the same time Valve is taking big strides towards making Linux a viable option for gaming. I don’t think you would see this if either happened in isolation.
Very true, more of a Thanks Valve :)
mr_MADAFAKASteam Deck users are using browser for downloading emulators, cloud streaming, downloading launchers… Thanks, Steam Deck
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@AProfessional
Or more recently in my case, Downloading mods for starfield
(Though that being said, I switched to linux shortly after the deck was announced)
Now just release the damn thing in Australia so I can buy one from someone other than the shady fb market scalpers.
g0nz0li0I just bought a ROG Ally.
There’s a lot of stupid stuff written/on you tube about it, but it’s great and clearly a notch up on the Steam Deck in most ways.
Were it not so extremely expensive in my currency I’d already be using one. I just spent slightly more than that for a rig that will last me close to 10years. I really want to see more competition in the handheld space, near future is looking promising, but its not there yet.
sorry, best we can do is “lol”
This comment so accurate my heart aches
If Steam Deck counts does ChromeOS count? How about Android?
ChromeOS is “sort of linux” but sandboxed and uses it’s own user agent string.
Android is the same way- Technically a Linux kernel. But sandboxed to death and uses a separate agent.
Proud to be one of them. I tried to disable the job that runs windows update, they said I don't have permission, so I switched to Ubuntu on every single computer except the one that runs VR games
On the VR PC you may find O&O ShutUp 10. It has a collection of settings for privacy and generally control over your PC that microsoft didn’t make really accessible.
Powershell as admin then type set-service wuauserv -startuptype manual; stop-service wuauserv
This will disable the windows update service. If you do want to run updates again (and you should do that regularly, just type start-service wuauserv and use the windows update page in settings.
quouWhat’s with the big spike in “unknown” at the same time as Windows market share going down a bunch?
NoStressyJessieI heard rumors that the Indian government switched to some specific Unix like that has accounted for a lot of that, but I have zero experience on the matter aside from someone saying that could be it.
That shouldn’t be uknown as its ubuntu based. The previous ones Ive used was debian based. It was pretty much stock with some wallpaper and basec cestomization. Also in most cases never updated.
Unlikely. Different Indian govt departments use different distributions, but they are usually forks of Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat.
spidermandid they fully adapt this?
I remember once reading here that there was a bug that made Windows show up as “unknown”
I don’t know, buf I remember seeing all of that change had originated from India. So something happened there, I think
Isn’t India developing their own Linux-based OS for all of their government’s computers to use?
Glad to have been a part of that in 2023
suokoThey could probably add android and ios tablets to desktop stats
That was me, I switched my desktop and laptop to ubuntu.
Same here. Switched my laptop to Pop!OS + KDE and planning on doing the same with the desktop soon-ish
VertelleusI helped! I installed Linux Mint on 2 of my friends aging laptops.
601errorSeriously considering swapping over to my Linux partition as main and virtualizing the Windows side this weekend. Still need the Windows because well, I make Windows software.
Why do you make Windows software?
This is some r/antiwork insanity
Every hour spent on developing Windows software is completely wasted time of your life. Especially when you understand the importance of GNU/Linux and FOSS. Windows keeps the user enslaved. I don’t expect you to understand tho, people usually don’t 🤡
Who has those?
Apparently God’s found whole new ways to test him.
It’s fun, they pay me for it, I’m good at it, and I can work entirely from home.
trubedourGlad 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.
Possibly linuxI wish librewolf had a toggle for its user agent. The default user agent is windows and you can’t change it without extensions
Welp I’m of those “windows” users then 😉
What I want to know is how many people are using Librewolf on Linux. I imagine it isnt’t a small number
One of the things i give my privacy up to, representing Linux to make a change.
1984People are really late to the party but better late then never…
Linux is awesome.
Honestly, given that there are many flaws in desktop Linux security, awareness of people about desktop Linux need to be parallel with better security practices : madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux.html privsec.dev/posts/linux/linux-insecurities privsec.dev/posts/linux/desktop-linux-hardening/
I just hope that when people are more aware of desktop Linux, developers then need to be more aware of security and use available platforms or components with security in mind such as Flatpak, Wayland, MAC, Pipewire,… and kernel developers should have cared more about industry security practices, and please don’t give ideological reasons there.
Just an FYI that at this rate it’s only going to take another 115 years before Linux has 100% market share.
2138, year of the Linux desktop.
Exacting 100years after y2k38
2138 is the year of the Linux desktop!
That’s for August. And the growth is exponential, not linear.
To a point. Let’s be honest it’s going to be more like an S-curve since you can’t go past 100% market share, and some people will refuse to switch.
And people not wanting to switch is fine imo. Having competition will likely help all OS’s get better over time
Swednecki mean i’d prefer the competition to be BSD and such, not windows and macos
ComradeKhoumragWhat if S-curve instead of linear rate?
You mean Linux isn’t going to have 200% market share one day?
Shit, I’m starting to think my calculations may have not been totally serious.
I get that, I just like math
Entirely possible if the population dubbles