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There are zero android and ios users because reasons. Realistically, windows probably doesnt even break 1% these days.
Reasons = because they are computing the desktop market share.
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I totally disagree there. My medium-technical non-programmer friend completely installed set up Linux without my help using Claude. As the resident IT person among my friend group this blew my mind. I’ve noticed that it’s helped me as well, because it’s able to give me diagnostic commands that I can run and report back with the results. For example, I fixed/set up a virtual machine with libvertd and I just wouldn’t h…
> medium-technical non-programmer friend completely installed set up Linux without my help using Claude I mean, not to do the HN thing, but I feel like if anything that's a bad sign for Linux that Claude was needed? Basically any desktop distro from the last decade has a simple GUI installer, if anything it's genuinely easier than installing Windows. I'd expect a medium-technical person to be able to handle it just f…
In Linux, I now have a custom Arch install which Gemini did help with a lot. It helped unblock significantly where I wanted to get fundamental understanding. A Debian installer will just work though (ironically, some years ago, I had issues with Ubuntu working out of the box but not Debian).
(insert Ron Paul It's Happening meme here) I work in the refurb department of an ewaste recycling company. Because we don't have a Windows OEM license, we officially can't install Windows on any of the PCs we sell. (I'll direct people to download the Windows install media if asked.[0]) On the systems I sell[1], Linux Mint has a nice OEM install option that after installation, there's a 'ship to customer' script[2] th…
From one recycler to another, thanks for the work you do! Personally, I typically use gray market Windows keys. I have a hard time moving machines with Linux on them. But I think you are doing a really good thing!
Disclaimer: I am an employee, I did not found the company.
As the article points out, we’re not sure about the validity of these numbers. Anecdotally though, the idea of major creators like Linus Tech Tips and Marques Brownlee putting out Linux content was unheard of a few short years ago. I have been seeing a wide trend among the Windows tech-savvy universe of frustrated users who have social media platforms suggesting strongly that people give it a try. Plus, you’ve got St…
In my experience, LLMs are not great at resolving linux issues, but they are better than what we've had in the past. Trying to use forums and web searches was exhausting, and you'd often deal with people who were trying to show how smart they are and rather than answering your questions they demand to know "what are you really trying to do?"
I've also had it build me a nix flake for a piece of software that wasn't in the repo and save me a ton of effort running it.
If it can solve Nix issues that well, given how relatively obscure Nix is, I don't think it'll struggle with most topics. Though the entire Nix repo being written in Nix and on GitHub might give it a huge boost in training visibility. It's not like other Linux topics aren't also very well represented though.
We developed Linux with 1st class support for our desktop app. It was extremely painful due to missing some Webview functionality that is available for both MacOS and Windows, so we're maintaining an entire 2nd branch of UI code to run CEF instead. One of our developers is 24/7 on Linux and basically just fixes Linux bugs, and even they need a couple VMs to try out random (especially old) distros and DEs to make sure…
I understand that linux is a pain when it comes to packaging and platform targeting but if a company is willing to work with the community then a whole lot of that work can actually be handled by volunteers who just want to get the thing working on their own system.
Not to mention that linux users tend to be technical users who share good software with each other when they find it so you can release something and get volunteer help to support niche edge cases and you can get free marketing and you can get an untapped user base all to yourself. While the big tech startups are willing to burn billions to gain users/market share, any company can gain the majority of linux users just with a small amount of support.
Im just surprised more companies dont want to get in right now while they can dominate the space. If they wait until everyone is on linux and every company supports it then they dont get any of the above benefits and it will be the same amount if not even more work to support linux since the volunteers will be spread out across multiple companies instead of the first/only one willing to support linux.
Discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140696
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irrelevant in context, assuming you're right, but considering you made a throwaway to say it, probably not
There's a lot of recorded history of him being racist. Check the Wikipedia if you can't believe me
(insert Ron Paul It's Happening meme here) I work in the refurb department of an ewaste recycling company. Because we don't have a Windows OEM license, we officially can't install Windows on any of the PCs we sell. (I'll direct people to download the Windows install media if asked.[0]) On the systems I sell[1], Linux Mint has a nice OEM install option that after installation, there's a 'ship to customer' script[2] th…
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I totally disagree there. My medium-technical non-programmer friend completely installed set up Linux without my help using Claude. As the resident IT person among my friend group this blew my mind. I’ve noticed that it’s helped me as well, because it’s able to give me diagnostic commands that I can run and report back with the results. For example, I fixed/set up a virtual machine with libvertd and I just wouldn’t h…
> medium-technical non-programmer friend completely installed set up Linux without my help using Claude I mean, not to do the HN thing, but I feel like if anything that's a bad sign for Linux that Claude was needed? Basically any desktop distro from the last decade has a simple GUI installer, if anything it's genuinely easier than installing Windows. I'd expect a medium-technical person to be able to handle it just f…
Like I said, this person is not really technical.
I don’t consider it a very bad thing in the sense that it’s not high friction to have to ask a question.
Also, more and more preinstalled options are available as time goes on. You can just order a framework laptop and have it come preinstalled with Ubuntu and everything will be working. You can buy a Steam Machine or Steam Deck and they have Linux preinstalled.