• atmur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 years ago

    This makes me really happy to see. Desktop Linux is fucking amazing nowadays. Gnome and KDE being as excellent as they are, Flatpak massively simplifying package management for end users, and Pipewire being Pipewire have all gone a long way in making desktop Linux more easily approachable and incredibly stable. If I’m allowed to be controversial, I’d include Wayland in that list as well.

    I fucking love the open source community.

    • bob_wiley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      2 years ago

      To be even more controversial, I’d say Electron has had a big positive impact on getting critical applications people want onto Linux. If devs had to make a dedicated app for Linux it either wouldn’t exist or be extremely dumbed down with lagging updates.

      • Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        You’re right and you should say it.

        People meme on electron, and I think most of it is deserved, but it does make a lot of stuff way easier for devs, and that means more software for users. There’s a reason it’s so popular.

    • shameless@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Flatpack has definitely made me stick with Linux as my personal home use OS.

      Previously the apps from the store repo were kind of okay but sometimes hit and miss, then outside of that having to add repos and install apps by that way I didn’t mind too much but often it felt as though I was going to break something. Mixed experiences of app installs had previously made me retreat to the familiarity of windows.

      I always came back to Linux because Windows just felt stinky, now Linux just feels so simple with Flatpack ❤️

  • odium@programming.devEnglish
    17·
    2 years ago

    How much of that unknown is linux tho? I feel like linux computers are most likely to be unidentifiable (ignore the 5 ppl who use templeOS and freeBSD)

      • atmur@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        It did not. Terry Davis said that “It has no networking or Internet support. As far as I’m concerned, that would be reinventing the wheel.”

        Terry was a bizarre man.

        • Shit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          Yeah I actually forgot about templeOS but going back down the Terry Davis rabbit hole. https://youtu.be/UCgoxQCf5Jg

          I remember getting some enjoyment out of the bring the villagers to yule trees you light on fire game years ago… It’s kind of amazing he wrote the whole thing by himself in some prolonged psychotic episode.

    • OverfedRaccoon 🦝@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      The bump in Unknown is Windows. If I recall correctly, there was a Windows update (in March, I believe) that caused it to stop registering as Windows with the site. A subsequent update fixed the problem. That’s why, if you look at another chart on the site, you’ll see an equivalent increase in Unknown as Windows decreases during that same time period. Then it reverses after the update.

      EDIT: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202301-202307

      • CeeBee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        This isn’t the whole reason, and likely only a small fraction of it. There are a whole lot of other OSes that don’t fit into these categories, or that simply refuse (on purpose) to share their OS type. That wouldn’t be Windows.

        • OverfedRaccoon 🦝@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I edited to include the chart I’m talking about (here). It includes a section for Other as well. I’m not saying it’s the whole picture, but it’s the reason for that bump in Unknown which may be increasing the overall percentage depending on when that data in the OP was pulled.

  • Tygr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 years ago

    There’s a lot of computers coming to a fake end of life that won’t qualify for Windows 11. I own one of them and will be forced to move it to Linux.

    There’s a comment in this thread about how great Linux is that mentions a lot of stuff I know nothing about. I don’t have time to learn.

    • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      The reality is that those people just run Windows 10 (or even 7) until WELL after updates have stopped being pushed. There is a narrow window of people who care about updates who won’t upgrade (because EOL for Windows 10 is 2025), but they are very much the minority.

      And of those who care about gaming? You are likely already running “ps4/x1” levels of hardware and we are going to be seeing the refresh SKUs late next year (probably). So it is even more likely that an upgrade will occur.

      That said: Linux Mint is pretty much plug and play for most people. Hell, I reformatted my parents’ laptops to Linux Mint and they still think they are running Windows but I have fewer weekends of “Okay, time to do tech support until they start blaming their viruses on jewish space lizards” because they can’t break it. And with the ever bigger push for Steam Deck support, most games, once you enable proton (which is a checkbox), “just work”.

    • Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      (note: this ended up being long, but I promise it’s worth it to read)

      Learning to use Linux is as easy (if not easier) than when you learned to use Windows, and you probably did that when you were younger, even less experienced with technology, and didn’t have the benefit of comprehensive online help resources.

      To start, the main thing to know is that unlike Windows or MacOS, the Operating System “kernel” (the bit that actually handles the core tasks of an OS which allows software to run on your hardware which you don’t ever need to understand) does not have many of the usability features you associate with Windows or MacOS such as the Desktop Environment, default programs, apps store, etc.

      Instead, Linux comes in different **“distributions” (“distros”)**which facilitate all these things. So it’s more accurate to think of a Linux distro as analogous to “Windows” or “MacOS” rather than just Linux.

      The awesome thing about this is that while they’re all similar enough that almost anything you learn will be applicable to all of them, the variety of options means you can find one that works well for you. So when it comes time to try Linux, here’s what to do

      1. Pick a Linux distro that is super non-tech user friendly. If you want to have it chosen for you, just “Linux Mint” (but also look into “Pop OS.” Both are very user friendly)
      2. Search for "How to install " on the Internet
      3. Follow the most official guide you find
      4. Done.

      Then, once it’s installed, any time you want to learn how to do a thing on it that isn’t intuitive to you, try the following in order until you get useful results:

      1. Search for “how to do on Linux”
      2. Search for "how to do on "
      3. Make a post on a distro-specific subreddit, Lemmy community, discord server, etc asking how to do the thing

      Realistically, #1 & #2 should solve all your problems unless you’re doing complicated stuff, but #3 will almost always solve the rest.

      Also, welcome to the club! You won’t wanna go back, trust me :)

  • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    So 1/5 of the world using Macs? That doesn’t sound right. Also that’s pretty impressive for one company.