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Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by timbit42 »

cfn wrote: post #162

I am part of the 3% having moved my main driver a few months ago. This is not the first time I move from Windows to Linux (Ubuntu). The last time I moved back to Windows was because Unity was dropped in favor of Gnome and I decided I didn't want a non mainstream DE. Things were already bad as they were. I am happy with it but yesterday morning the computer wouldn't boot so I had to do some hand waving to fix the prob…

A number of people are moving away from the *ubuntus due to the Snap packages and many are moving to Linux Mint (Cinnamon, XFCE, MATE) or PopOS (Gnome). When Canonical moved away from Unity was the point where they abandoned the desktop. Mint and PopOS are better desktops in my opinion.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by inparen »

Me and along with people who do not work on DotNet or iOS app development, that includes Java, PHP, BI, Salesforce and even Sales and Marketing guys use Ubuntu for last 15 years (50 - 70 people). We do normal dev stuff like program & emails & meetings & docker and etc.

When I installed Ubuntu on HP Pavillion dv4 laptop for one of the friend, who was casual user, said - what kind of OS is this, which is still working after 6 years. :)

Happy to contribute to that 3%.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by ihattendorf »

jacquesm wrote: post #477
Luctct wrote: post #445

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People aren't forced, they choose it. They are clueless about technology and don't trust anything that may look like a dark horse. They want reassurance. It's not just the "enterprise" or corporate world. Home users have that mentality. Mac computers cost an arm and a leg and people still pay for it because the advertising machine has hammered it into the heads that "it just works." Most people only trust big brands.…

> People aren't forced, they choose it. No they don't. There aren't any schools nearby that do not force Windows on the students and I can have my whole house on Linux it doesn't matter: if you want to participate in highschool around here then Windows it is. My personal views of MS, their crimes past and present are worth absolutely nothing. I would not be surprised if you dig deep enough that you'll find some level…

Well clearly the choice is to move to an area where your kids are able to run Linux.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by _8j50 »

I am not sure I want Linux to be super popular on the desktop, just usable enough for anyone who wants an alternative desktop OS to use.

It's thanks to redhat and corporate types using it so much that all sorts of controversial and divisive changes were introduced. The monetization aspect is also hard to resist when 100M+ people use your OS, takes a lot of character to resist becoming a billionaire by selling out your original users who heleped you succeed.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by jacquesm »

ihattendorf wrote: post #484
jacquesm wrote: post #477

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> People aren't forced, they choose it. No they don't. There aren't any schools nearby that do not force Windows on the students and I can have my whole house on Linux it doesn't matter: if you want to participate in highschool around here then Windows it is. My personal views of MS, their crimes past and present are worth absolutely nothing. I would not be surprised if you dig deep enough that you'll find some level…

Well clearly the choice is to move to an area where your kids are able to run Linux.

I hope that was sarcastic. FWIW I think that government institutions, educational institutions, banks, insurance companies, health care service providers etc should use only open standards. No proprietary stuff at all. So no banking apps, no voting apps, calendar apps, no healthcare claim apps and definitely no client side software (Mac or Windows). Just the web and properly managed infrastructure.

Re: Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share

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Post by askiiart »

MSFT_Edging wrote: post #442
gglitch wrote: post #424

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> Chromebooks (Linux in disguise) I don't think a win for Chromebooks counts as a win for Linux, except in maybe the most narrowly technical sense.

Go on the Chromeos subreddit and you'll see a lot of first time Linux users breaking open the dev tools to run Linux apps to get more functionality. Its honestly quite interesting seeing new users from that perspective.

Yes, but many schools lock down their Chromebooks so that you can't run Linux on them. I somehow managed to unenroll mine last year, but I have no idea how I did, and to make it worse I had to switch out my Chromebook after it stopped working.

So in practice, no, it's not very useful. Most students are still forced to use a web browser and nothing more, else they run the risk of getting in trouble for hacking their Chromebook.

Tangent: That being said, it's hilarious how much worse the schools are at locking down Windows computers. As far as I can tell, they just bought a few commercial solutions, set them up on the Chromebooks, and paid no attention to the Windows computers. The BIOS isn't even locked. They're only restricted at the network level.

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