Linux Desktop share keeps increasing, 3.13% now.
Speaking for myself but I suspect this applies to a lot of people the factors that are enabling to run Linux on my personal computer that
- The browser experience is now on par with other operting systems. For many people, almost everything they do on their computer is through the browser is almost everything so this is important.
- Games now work. Every game I’ve wanted to play has worked on Linux.
- If I want to word processing or spreadsheeting and I absolutely need the formatting to be correct or what to use the more advanced aspects of Excel, I now have a work device to do those things. This wasn’t the case a few years ago, when most people worked on a company desktop machine at work.
Putting that together and subtracting all the annoyances of Windows - nagging notifications, updates that take forever, Windows trying to make my default browser Edge, the greater threat of viruses - why wouldn’t I be on Linux? Why wouldn’t a lot of people be on Linux?
Why wouldn’t a lot of people be on Linux?
Because dumb people like me are too scared to leave what we know and have always heard that you need to actually know a thing or two instead of just relying on modern user-“friendly” systems to do it all for you.
@IndiBrony
I've come to the conclusion that the user friendly part is just plain wrong. how many times have i struggled on Windows with something but managed fine on linux.
of course there are actual things that are more difficult but that's only because so much more is possible with linux.
advanced users wouldn't notice a difference and advanced user appreciate the difference.
@CoupleOfConcerns @linux
It’s all about documentation. If something goes tits up in Linux it’s rare that it takes me more than 15 or 20 mins to find a fix. Windows, if something happens, it could be hours to find an answer, longer if the first bits I find don’t work anymore. I’ve had a few occasions where I just straight up reinstalled windows because I couldn’t find a solution to an OS breaking situation. The only times I’ve reinstalled a Linux distro is when I’m hopping to a new one, decide I don’t really like it and go back to the last one I had installed.
@SturgiesYrFase reinstall windows... yeah its amazing that even with linux's many distros. the solution is usually achievable compared to Windows that has only one version to maintain but still manages to have parts not working. even with direct vendor support for drivers
Well, being top dog doesn’t really lead to innovation usually. When you already have such a massive market share why spend to pull in new customers? Easier to just make things slightly shittier over time and hope no one notices.