Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

Post by throwawaylaptop » Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 9:37 PM UTC

leptons wrote: post #608

throwawaylaptop wrote: post #583

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I made an account finally just because this no laptop thing was too shocking. I get kids and teens have preferences. But what in the world is going on with the parents? Who cares if Timmy wants to write his paper on a phone. You tell him to sit down at a desk, focus, and write like a normal person. You can always regress to your own quirks once youve proven yourself.

I have no idea what your comment is supposed to convey.

Post by Nevermark » Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 11:44 PM UTC

palata wrote: post #141

zozbot234 wrote: post #120

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Android systems don't even run the linux kernel in any real sense, pretty much every downstream kernel has millions of lines of patched code that will never make it upstream in their current form. Of course, that's no different from mostly any other "Linux" embedded device, but it's very different indeed from what's standard on desktop systems.

I would still count it as the Linux kernel. They don't change the syscall API, it's really mostly at the BSP level, right? Said differently: if manufacturers cared to mainstream their changes, they could. And we would all be better for it.

Post by make3 » Mon, Jul 21, 2025, 9:04 PM UTC

palata wrote: post #91

nerdjon wrote: post #53

I have to wonder how much of this is people switching to Linux vs the larger trend of people not having traditional computers to begin with. Outside of gamers, I don't know anyone that has a computer at home that is not their work laptop if they have one. At least in my circle everyone I know has moved to their general computing being on phones and tablets which is not captured here. So is a solid chunk of this the p…

I agree with your points, except this: > thanks to the Steam Deck [...] but I would be reluctant to call that Linux Desktop anymore than I would call Android an uptick for Linux. The Steam Deck very much runs Linux Desktop. Android runs the Linux kernel, but everything else is different. SteamOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch. If you run your Steam Deck in "desktop mode", it is very much a Linux Desktop (with…

Post by mixmastamyk » Mon, Jul 21, 2025, 10:09 PM UTC

rhabarba wrote: post #235

schmudde wrote: post #85

The web browser app paradigm changed everything. The Windows API isn't nearly as important as it once was.

Then again, using Linux has no obvious advantage anymore, as you don't "own" most software you're running anyway.

Post by mixmastamyk » Mon, Jul 21, 2025, 10:21 PM UTC

hollerith wrote: post #628

mixmastamyk wrote: post #627

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Being able to trust your OS is an incredible advantage.

Too bad then that desktop Linux is so easy to pwn.