Looking forward, analysts predict Linux could hit 7% by 2027 if trends continue, driven by AI integrations in distributions like those from Canonical
Sure. That must be the reason.
Gotta shove AI into everything to prevent the bubble from collapsing.
certainly not like I specifically switched over to avoid having an AI automatically launch on start-up without my permission.
Glad they mentioned distros to avoid for their AI integration.
People gagging so hard on the AI dick that they try to reason that people going to open source are doing it for AI… What a world
Yeah Windows better hurry up and get some AI integration!
Is it… dare I say it… the year of the Linux desktop?
Well it’s fucked now, I thought we all agreed not to say it and see if it made any difference
Shhhhhh! You’ll jinx it!
The year of the linux desktop will only happen if no one said that year is the year of the linux desktop
Half Life 3 confirmed!
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
Always has been! 🚀🔫
We’ll see at the end of the year. Don’t celebrate too soon.
I just made the switch on my daily driver yesterday to Endeavor OS! Am I allowed to say I use Arch btw?
Yes. It is arch with a calamaris installer.
No forks allowed, sorry
I use SteamOS, which has a spoon full of Arch. May I say it?
Spoon not fork you say? Allowed
It’s based on arch, so technically sure, but be prepared for the pedantry. Ran arch for years, switched to endeavor because it allowed for a basic sway install to rice on pretty easily without having to configure every little thing. Arch is great, but maintenance can get old after a while.
And I thought technically correct was the best kind of correct. I chose it because SteamOS is an Arch fork so I thought there would be less finagling for games.
Proton and the like should be mostly ok on most Linux distro, the main reason for arch for a lot of people is the AUR and being able to get the latest updates first. It’s a bit of a double edged sword, but it rarely is an issue once you get the basics down. That being said make sure to occasionally read the arch wiki, it’s often a better resource than just copy pasting forum fixes that might cause other issues or just not work. Hope you enjoy!
The Arch Wiki is easily the most helpful documentation I have used in the switch to Linux. Absolute treasure trove of useful information in an approachable form
I just switched to Garuda Dr460onized as my daily driver. Fucking love it! Am I also allowed to say I use Arch btw?
I’m just bitching, but I had to put windows on one of my machines for the first time in just over 10 years (since I was a kid) and I absolutely fucking hate it. slow ass, bloated, clunky ass OS. garbage software.
Just a tip: If you installed Pro or better you can use Group Policies (gpedit.msc) to strip the OS bloat down slightly more than the Home versions. Education and Enterprise also have the telemetry spyware completely removed. But they have a few extra things you’ll probably never use and you’ll want to disable (like their terrible Remote Desktop stuff, Work Folders, etc.)
(I dual boot for gaming. So I know the pain.)
im sure most of yall know but it was new to me that you can use some terminal commands while installing to activate pro edition and ms office pro and other stuff fairly easily https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
MAS <3
Bonus: If you use the new TSForge method, it’s a permanent hardware registration. Meaning you’ll never have to activate Windows again, just connect to the internet and it’ll do it’s thing when it calls home.
It also has ESU support for Windows 10, so you can register for the extended security updates after it reaches EOL completely free.
as soon as I’m done taking the cysa+ exam I’m going back to arch. I can not stand this. but thank you for the info! I’ll dig around and see what more I can do to make it a bit more bearable.
Oh, in that case, I assume they have you running Pro or Enterprise? If so, ignore what I said about disabling the Remote Desktop and Work Folder stuff. Work Folders especially though, they’re a complete pain (or were) and used pretty frequently. So you’ll probably be working with them a bit.
nah I don’t think so. like literally as soon as I get done with the exam, it’s so over for windows.
This is really market share against Microsoft, not Mac. For good reason too, Microsoft is working very hard to ruin their company. They’re losing a lot of ground to Mac as well, especially in the small business sector where many things are web based now anyways. Run an MSP and we’ve had quite a few clients get fed up with inconsistent updates and repeated dumb problems… looking at you WSD and printing.
Oh don’t worry. Apple has been working very hard on enshitifyjng their OS. They just don’t get reported on as much as Microsoft.
I worked for an MSP that supported an all-Mac environment. Got real tired of telling people that their problem was a well-known bug in Mac that Apple has ignored for over 10 years and would probably never be fixed. I had to give that explanation a lot, for many different issues.
At least with Windows people expect problems like that. Mac people refuse to believe anything could possibly be Apple’s fault.
I had a Mac user chew me out for putting on a non-Apple mouse that JUST DOESN’T WORK ON MAC!!!1! Found out that he’d used the non-Apple mouse fine for about a month, then changed his desk to one with a glass top, and wasn’t using a mousepad. So the laser just shot through the clear glass and did fuck-all. Didn’t even have the decency to look abashed when I tossed a magazine down as a mousepad for him until we could get him some artist-approved mousepad bullshit. Fucking ad agencies are full of twats.
where many things are web based now anyways
Wait, Randall knows about xmonad?
I don’t know about xmonad, but let’s assume Randall knows everything.
They went from 98% to 70%
70% is a lot but the completion is starting to slowly gain up. If companies like Google and Apple made something good Microsoft would be in serious trouble.
Apple did by releasing ARM based CPUs for desktop. This means they also change to MAC OS. Hence no longer 98% market share.
Now the future is ARM, desktop, laptop and mobile. Windows have hard time bringing over all their legacy software over to ARM. Their legacy compability is their biggest strength that they now have to get rid of or rebuild.
Okay Linux users, no snark about this distro is better than that one. We’re all just one happy family.
Dozens of us!!
…but this is actually good news. I’m glad to hear it.
I am the 5%!!
Thanks Microsoft!
Can we also have an open source surge against Android, with valid providers in all countries?
I personally like Android
What we need is better AOSP
The year of the Linux desktop isn’t as interesting anymore. It all sort of works good enough for most people not to need to care now.
What we need is the year of the Linux phone. And it think that we will have to still wait a long time for it. And no, Google/Linux does not count.
The interesting part wasn’t gatekeeping with technical difficulty, but MS loss of marketshare and loss to large corps.
I think android would be a better base to build on. don’t look at their messy kernel, but the userspace. rip out the brainded, user-hostile limitations that google added in recent years, or reimplement them better, and it’s pretty good.
sure continue pmos development, and plasma mobile and other components, but don’t just ditch out a system that has worked well for so many time and been developed by lots of people by a company who has poured in lots of money
I wonder if SteamDeck counts toward desktop share here? It kinda is a desktop OS, even though it’s mainly used on a handheld device. Either way, I think that contributes a lot to normalization and stability of the ecosystem, if not device count.
The big factor though is probably just a shrinking market. For people that aren’t computer nerds or businesses, it’s getting less likely they own a laptop or desktop, and more likely they think their phone is good enough.
Only if Steam Decks are being counted by StatCounter
They count by website traffic so probably not, no.
I think a big part of this is PC builders choosing an OS. There is so much content on YouTube about switching to Linux, and people have experience with the Steam Deck as well, which also factors in.
I was wondering if Linux would break 5% in global stats. Can I expect that? I am still not sure.
Are they counting Steamdecks?
Or what is the scope?
They count based on useragent info from accesses to websites using statcounter analytics.
Presumably steamdecks are heavily underrepresented in that, because I can’t imagine more than a quarter of steamdeck users are even going into desktop mode, much less launching a browser
Unless they track Steam Deck specific fingerprints the OS may be classified as Arch, but either way: yes, every Steam Deck counts as a Linux system out of the box.
Businesses still use it. The EU gov is switching to Linux, or maybe just once country, but you get the point…
